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    Malaysia’s former prime minister Abdullah Badawi has dementia

    ANN/THE STRAITS TIMES – Malaysia’s former prime minister Abdullah Badawi is suffering from dementia and no longer recognises nor remembers his family members, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

    Khairy, who is the 82-year-old former United Malays National Organisation (Umno) leader’s son-in-law, said Tun Abdullah started showing signs of cognitive impairment shortly after retiring as Malaysia’s fifth prime minister in 2009 and his condition has progressively worsened since then.

    More details in Monday’s Borneo Bulletin

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