KUCHING: Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj, Malaysia’s Father of Independence, had passed away a sad man due to the deregistration of Umno, his grandson told news portal MalaysiaKini in an interview.

Tunku Muinuddin Putra Ahmad Nerang, who is the late prime minister’s first grandchild, recalled that Tunku Abdul Rahman died on December 6, 1990 around the time of Umno’s deregistration following a leadership tussle.