In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Abdul Ghaffar is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Mohd Sany. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.
Mohd Sany died on 21 August 2015 at the old age of 88 and was buried at the Royal Malay Regiment section of the Armed Forces Muslim cemetery in Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan.[2]