KUALA LUMPUR (March 1): Rusli Ibrahim, the younger brother of Port Dickson MP Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, died at the Selayang Hospital on Tuesday (March 1) at age 74.

Anwar, who is also PKR president, posted on Twitter about his brother's death.

"My brother Rusli Ibrahim just answered Allah’s call at Selayang Hospital earlier. I ask my friends to pray for his soul, so he will be placed amongst the Almighty’s most beloved,” he said.

It was understood that Rusli died of natural causes at 2.20pm after being admitted to the hospital for several weeks. His remains was brought to the Al-Ubudiah mosque before being buried at a Muslim cemetery around Ampang on Tuesday night.