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- Najib: Keng Yaik contributed significantly to country
- Former Gerakan chief Lim Keng Yaik dies
- Perak Speaker Ganesan lodges police report over porn material
| Najib: Keng Yaik contributed significantly to country Posted: 22 Dec 2012 06:33 AM PST KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and his wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, have expressed their condolences to the family of the former Gerakan president Tun Dr Lim Keng Yaik, who died this afternoon. Najib said Dr Lim was a leader who had contributed significantly to the country. "My wife and I convey our condolences to the family of Tun Dr Lim Keng Yaik on his demise today. "He was a leader of the country and Barisan Nasional who had contributed a lot to the nation. "His deeds and contribution to the government and party will always be remembered," he said in his short messaging service (SMS) to the media. In his tweet, Najib said Dr Lim had served with distinction as a minister and leader of Gerakan. "The nation mourns at the loss of Tun Lim Keng Yaik. He served with distinction as a minister and leader of Gerakan. I will miss him much," he said. Dr Lim, 73, passed away at his house in Petaling Jaya at 4.45pm. Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin considered Lim's death as a great loss to the country. "I am deeply saddened to hear about the demise of Tun Dr Lim Keng Yaik. My deepest sympathies to his family. A great loss to the country," he said in his tweet tonight. MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek said Dr Lim's demise was a great loss to the nation and the people of Malaysia. "His distinguished career in politics for over three decades had contributed greatly to the development of Malaysia from an agro-based nation to an industrialised nation. "His humourous way in engaging the people can never be copied by others. "His contributions to the nation and people shall be forever remembered," he said. Related story: |
| Former Gerakan chief Lim Keng Yaik dies Posted: 22 Dec 2012 06:22 AM PST PETALING JAYA: Former Gerakan president Tun Dr Lim Keng Yaik passed away at his home in Tropicana here at 4.45pm on Saturday. He was 73. He leaves behind his wife, Toh Puan Wong Yoon Chuan and three children. After news of his demise was broadcast, media representatives began to fill up the area outside Lim's residence to seek more information from members of his family. His son, Gerakan Youth chief Datuk Lim Si Pin, when approached by reporters, declined to be interviewed. Gerakan Youth secretary-general Dominic Lau, who was also present beside Si Pin, pleaded with the journalists to return to their offices. "We will inform you tomorrow," Lau said. Dr Lim, a medical doctor-turned-politician, became the Gerakan president in 1980. Born on April 8, 1939, Dr Lim began his political career in 1968 by joining the MCA. He subsequently contested in the Pekan Baru state seat in Perak in 1969 on an Alliance ticket, but lost. In 1971, he became the chairman of Perak MCA but was expelled in 1973. In the same year, he joined Gerakan. Dr Lim became the Ulu Kinta Gerakan division head the next year and moved up to become Perak Gerakan chief in 1974. In 1976, he became the party's deputy president. In July 1978, Lim resigned as senator and contested in the general elections and won the Jalong state seat in Perak. Dr Lim he contested and won the Beruas Parliament seat in 1986 with a handsome margin and had held the seat until the 2004 elections when he retired from politics. Dr Lim first joined the Cabinet when he was made Minister with Special Functions dealing with New Villages and Emergency work in 1972. He held many ministerial positions with the last being the Energy, Water and Communications portfolio in 2004. On Sept 2, 2005, at the Gerakan annual national delegates conference dinner, Dr Lim announced that he would be retiring as party leader on April 8, 2007, which was also his 68th birthday. Lim retired from his Cabinet post shortly before the 2008 general election. |
| Perak Speaker Ganesan lodges police report over porn material Posted: 22 Dec 2012 04:14 AM PST IPOH: Perak Speaker Datuk R. Ganesan has lodged a police report over the two envelopes containing pornographic material in print and VCD form of an individual allegedly resembling him and a woman. The report was made at the Ipoh Police headquarters at about 10am on Saturday. Ganesan claimed that he was informed by reporters that four DAP assemblymen - V. Sivakumar, A.N. Sivasubramaniam, Datuk Ngeh Koo Ham and Nga Kor Ming - had held a media conference at the Perak State Secretariat building between 12.15 pm and 12.40 pm to reveal that Sivakumar and Sivasubramaniam had received an envelope each containing a VCD and a printed VCD cover of an individual allegedly resembling him and a woman. He claimed that the production, reproduction and distribution of the printed material and VCD was undertaken with malicious intent to embarrass and defame him. Ganesan, who was approached by reporters afterwards, said the police report was made to enable the police act against those responsible for the defamation. Meanwhile, Perak Industry, Investment, Entrepreneur Development, Tourism and Women's Affairs Committee chairman Datuk Hamidah Osman lodged a police report against Nga, claiming that he had issued a statement threatening her. The Sungai Rapat assemblyman claimed in her police report that at about 3.30pm last Thursday, Ngeh had approached her at the dining hall of the Perak State Assembly and said: "You revealed, watch out! I will go after you!" Hamidah claimed that Hulu Kinta state assemblyman Datuk Rusnah Kassim was a witness to what happened. She said she lodged the police report to protect herself and her family from any untoward incident. - Bernama Related Stories: |
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