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CONGRATULATIONS to Joseph Robinette Biden Jr and Kamala Devi Harris for having been successfully inaugurated as the 46th president and vice-president of the United States respectively. It almost did not happen on Jan 20, or at all, if not for the US judiciary.
On Jan 6, the losers fomented mobs to storm the US Capitol to stop the certification of the 2020 US presidential election results. To former President Donald Trump and his acolytes, this was perhaps their last hope to get rid of what they called the “rigged result” after American courts, including the US Supreme Court, twice refused to overturn the results in battleground states. Despite five deaths, the incident could have been a calamity had any elected legislator been taken hostage or killed by the insurrectionists.
Meeting Tun Salleh Abas Salleh was part of the original committees which deliberated on the Rukun Negara’s objectives. – Bernamapix
ON an afternoon in September 2020 in the pouring rain, I made a special trip to interview Tun Dr Mohamed Salleh Abas at his Kuala Lumpur home in Wangsa Maju.
His daughter Azlina had kindly set up my appointment with her father as part of a series of interviews I was conducting in my work on national unity.
As a member of Team Ahli Pemikir (TAP) of Kementerian Perpaduan (Ministry of National Unity) headed by Professor Shamsul Amri Baharuddin, I was meeting with the personalities who were directly involved in the formulation of the Rukun Negara.
KUALA TERENGGANU: The late Tun Dr Mohamed Salleh Abas (pix) had always been firm in all matters especially in taking action against state government o.
KUALA TERENGGANU (Jan 16): Former lord president Tun Dr Mohamed Salleh Abas was buried at the Sheikh Ibrahim Muslim Cemetery in Jalan Pusara here at 10.40am today.
The body of Mohamed Salleh, 91, who died of pneumonia at 3.20am today, was taken to the cemetery at about 10.15am.
The burial process was handled by some 10 personnel from the Terengganu Health Department who were wearing personal protective equipment (PPE).
However, his family members and journalists were not allowed to be at the burial ground.
His son-in-law Wan Pauzi Yahya said Mohamed Salleh, who was chairman of as-Salihin Trustee Bhd, was admitted to Hospital Sultanah Nur Zahirah (HSNZ) here on Thursday after he tested positive for Covid-19.