MP Abdul Hyee passes away

Abdul Hyee, Jhenaidah-1 constituency MP and president of the district Awami League, has died. He was 71.

He breathed his last at 7:00 am (local time) on Saturday at the Bumrungrad Hospital in Thailand. His personal assistant Shahidul Islam confirmed his death from Thailand.

Abdul Hyee was admitted to Dhaka LabAid Hospital with liver cirrhosis and lung pneumonia after the election on January 7. Then on January 18, he was admitted to Bamrudgrad Hospital in Thailand for better treatment. He died this morning after being on life support for quite some time.

Abdul Hyee, who was born on May 1, 1952 in Mohammadpur village of Shailkupar, Jhenaidah, served as the State Minister of the Ministry of Fisheries and Animal Resources from September 16, 2012 to November 21, 2013.

He got involved in student politics in 1964 while studying in class 8 in Basantpur Secondary School. Then in 1971, when the war of independence started, he hoisted the first flag of independent Bengal in Jhenaidah.