KUALA LUMPUR: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah and Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah have expressed their condolences to the family of Rusli Ibrahim - the younger brother of Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim - who passed away.

       In an Istana Negara Facebook post, the royal couple was saddened by the demise of Rusli and hoped his family would be patient and stay strong over his passing.

       "Their Majesties prayed for his soul to be blessed by Allah SWT and be placed among the righteous,” according to the post.

       Rusli was the fifth in the family of nine siblings.

       On his Twitter page, Anwar who is Port Dickson MP announced the death of his brother, aged 74 at Selayang Hospital on Tuesday (March 1).

       It was learned that Rusli died at about 2.20pm after being warded in Selayang Hospital in the past few weeks and his remains would be brought to Al-Ubudiah Mosque before being laid to rest in a cemetery in Ampang tonight. - Bernama