Former Malaysian PM Mahathir, 101, admitted to hospital

Mahathir, who led the Southeast Asian nation for more than two decades in two stints, has a history of heart problems and has undergone ⁠bypass surgeries. He ‌has ​been hospitalised repeatedly in recent years, most recently in ​January for ‌a hip fracture after a fall.

His wife ​Siti Hasmah, a medical doctor and public health advocate to whom he was married ​for ​70 years, died ​on Monday at the age ‌of 100.

Mahathir was visibly affected by her death, tearfully telling the country's former king that he "didn't expect her to die today", according to ​video taken during her funeral and posted on ​his social ⁠media accounts.