Pak Cik Jamal of "Mini Parlimen" dies

PUTRAJAYA: Veteran television personality Jamal Muhamad, who was synonymous with the name Pak Cik Jamal, died at Putrajaya Hospital here, today.

Jamal, 75, left behind wife Zainab Serat, 67, and three children.

His daughter, Sheila said her father died at the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital at 11am, after being admitted yesterday for breathing difficulties.

Pak Cik Jamal had been admitted several times to the hospital, prior to this, for complications of the heart and lungs and spinal problems.
    

Jamal was a popular television personality with the character of a Speaker through the Mini Parliament programme produced by Radio Television Malaysia in the 1980s.

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In an old picture, Pak Cik Jamal (second from left) during his famous "Mini Parlimen" programme session in 1990.

New Straits time Online

Wednesday 7 May 2014.