Jabarkan Death dari Abdul Ghafar Atan

On 4 November 2021, Abdul Ghafar was announced not been nominated by UMNO as the BN candidate to give way to younger face to defend Asahan seat, the hottest constituency in the Malacca state election on 20 November.

After being dropped as the election candidate, he was screened and tested positive for COVID-19 at a private hospital on 7 November and when his health deteriorated into critical condition later, he was put under an induced coma since 9 November night at the intensive care unit (ICU) of Malacca General Hospital. Abdul Ghafar aged 65 subsequently succumbed to the complications and died at the hospital at about 1.04pm on 17 November leaving behind his wife, Rabiah Hassan. He was buried according to the COVID-19 pandemic standard operating procedure (SOP) at the Kampung Asahan Muslim Cemetery in Malacca.