GET WELL SOON, SAKMONGKOL: RAUB MP ARIFF SABRI SUFFERS STROKE, NOW ‘DOING OK’

DAP’s Raub MP Ariff Sabri Abdul Aziz is recovering in a hospital after suffering from a stroke on Friday.

DAP stalwart Lim Kit Siang said he had been out of intensive care since Saturday and is recovering.”He is doing ok, he is recovering,” he told Malaysiakini when contacted.
However, Lim declined to reveal where Ariff Sabri was hospitalised, saying the latter should be given time to rest.


Ariff Sabri, 61, was previously Pekan Umno information chief, serving under division chief and the current prime minister Najib Abdul Razak from 2000 to 2004.

Ariff Sabri – who is also known by his blogging pen name Sakmongkol AK47 – quit Umno in 2012 to join DAP.

He contested the Raub seat in 2013, and beat BN with a 2,814 vote majority.

MKINI