Former FAM President Datuk Raja Ahmad Zainuddin Raja Omar, 61, passed away at the KPJ Ipoh Hospital, this morning.

He took his last breath at 8.45am after being admitted to the hospital’s emergency unit yesterday evening.

It was understood that Raja Ahmad was sufferring from continuous fever and stomach ache when he was admitted to the hospital’s ICU.

Raja Ahmad, who served as the Larut MP from 1999 to 2008, was born on 1948.

He had also worked as a journalist at Berita Harian from 2002.

Raja Ahmad’s body will be brought to his Ampang before being buried at the Jalan Bendahara cemetary.