TAWAU, July 10 (Bernama) -- The stepmother of Sabah Youth Development, Sports Advancement and Creative Economy Minister Datuk Nizam Abu Bakar Titingan, Datin Sharah Yeoh Abdullah, 79, died at Queen Elizabeth I Hospital in Kota Kinabalu yesterday.

Nizam, in a Facebook post, said Sharah, affectionately known as Oma, breathed her last at 7.41 pm.

"May Allah shower her soul with mercy and ease all funeral arrangements," he said.