KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 2): Former Bursa Saham Kuala Lumpur (now Bursa Malaysia) president Datuk Mohd Salleh Abdul Majid died today of rectal cancer and renal failure, a family member said. He was 62.

Salleh died at 10.20am at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital, he said.

Close family members were at his bedside when he breathed last.

The family member said Salleh's remains will be brought to his mother's house at Lot 1055, Jalan Haji Mokhtar, Kampung Pasir, Hulu Kelang, here.

The burial is expected to take place after Asar prayers.

Salleh was appointed Bursa Saham president in 1996 and retired in 2003. - Bernama