Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak said the founder of the YTL Group of Companies, Dr Yeoh Tiong Lay had made a huge contribution to Malaysia's Chinese community including the education sector.

The prime minister said Yeoh, who passed away yesterday, had also built a successful business empire.

“Tan Sri Yeoh Tiong Lay built a successful business empire and made a huge contribution to Malaysia's Chinese community, including education. Rest in peace,” Najib said on his Twitter account today.

YTL Corporation Bhd said in a statement on Wednesday there would be wake services on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8.30pm, while the funeral service would be on Sunday Oct 22, at 10am.

The cortege will leave for Nilai Memorial Park at 12pm.

YTL Corp is amongst the 30 largest companies listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad, forming one of the component companies of the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI, the stock exchange’s primary benchmark index.

- Bernama