SINGAPORE, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Taufik Kiemas, husband of former Indonesian president Megawati Sukarnoputri, died at a Singapore hospital Saturday evening.
Taufik, 70, was warded at the Singapore General Hospital after complaining of exhaustion following Pancasila celebrations last Saturday in Ende Regency, East Nusa Tenggara.
He is also the chairman of the People's Consultative Assembly.
"We have confirmed from the family that he has died," said Tjahjo Kumolo, the secretary-general of the opposition Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, of which Megawati is chairman.
His body is expected to arrive in Jakarta on Sunday morning and will be buried at the Kalibata Heroes Cemetary in South Jakarta.
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