KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 16 (MySinchew) -- Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz has resigned as Supermax Corporation Berhad chairman on "personal reasons" effective April 14.

She has been the company's chairman and independent non-executive chairman since June 16, 2015.

On Saturday, Supermax former managing director Datuk Seri Stanley Thai openly apologized in a press conference to prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and Barisan Nasional for supporting the opposition in the 2013 general elections.