Malaysia had just lost one of her gems in the Film Industry. Yasmin Ahmad has passed away at 11.35pm yesterday (25th July 2009). She, who had brought our film industry to heights never before achieved, will surely be remembered.
Al- Fatihah
Now is 12.39, 24th July. The latest update that I have is as follows:
18.30 – Jaclyn Victor told the Jawa Rangers from Hot FM that Yasmin was taken tu Damansara Specialist Medical Centre and at that time, in surgery.
20.00 – Buletin Utama reports that maybe Yasmin was having multiple surgeries, since several hours ago. They also interviewed the doctor who first attended Yasmin, and Datuk Siti who was in the room when she collapse and helped the doctor.
22.00 – Utusan Malaysia, The Star and Harian Metro reports that Yasmin survived the surgery(es), and now in stabil condition, but haven’t regainde conciousness. There are possibilities that she had stroke.
The Star Reports this.
Just as I published this, Utusan Malaysia wrote this report.
I’ve heard that Yasmin Ahmad, the director of the controversial but internationally acclaimed strings of movies like Talentime, Mukhsin and Sepet, died during a presentation at Sri Pentas, Bandar Utama.
That news, however, was updated to being in critical condition in ICU, most probably in a specialist medical centre in Damansara.
I’ll keep you posted on this.
Let’s us hope, that she’ll be fine, or Malaysian Movies will face a dark day, for her loss is great, since she is the Malaysian’s most internationally acclaimed director (correct me if I’m wrong), although shunned by some in Malaysia.