The newcomers read like a list of who’s who from all walks of life.
FMT
KUALA LUMPUR: The ranks of the Group of 25 Eminent Malays were bolstered on Friday by 11 new equally eminent persons, according to the Group’s spokeswoman Noor Farida Arifin, a former Ambassador to the Netherlands.
The 11 newcomers include former Umno lawmaker Mohamed Tawfik Ismail, the son of former Deputy Prime Minister Ismail Abdul Rahman, and former Universiti Malaya (UM) vice-chancellor Rafiah Salim.
Others joining them are Alwi Jantan, formerly a deputy secretary-general in the Prime Minister’s Department, and former ambassador and ex-ASEAN deputy secretary-general Ahmad Mokhtar Selat.
Also on the list are the former chairman of the Social Security Organisation (SOCSO) Abu Huraira Yazid, former Petronas Dagangan Berhad managing director and CEO Anwaruddin Osman, former Defence Ministry deputy secretary-general Baharuddin Musa, UM dean of medicine Professor Dr. Adeeba Kamarulzaman, former executive director of the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER) Professor Ariff Abdul Kareem, businessman Nazir Ariff and former senior banker Shazal Yusof Mohd Zain.
The Group of 25 penned an Open Letter on December 8 calling for respect for the Federal Constitution, and expressed concern at the creeping Islamisation and desecularisation amidst increasing polarisation.
They called for dialogue among all concerned parties to pull the country back from the brink.
KUALA LUMPUR: The ranks of the Group of 25 Eminent Malays were bolstered on Friday by 11 new equally eminent persons, according to the Group’s spokeswoman Noor Farida Arifin, a former Ambassador to the Netherlands.
The 11 newcomers include former Umno lawmaker Mohamed Tawfik Ismail, the son of former Deputy Prime Minister Ismail Abdul Rahman, and former Universiti Malaya (UM) vice-chancellor Rafiah Salim.
Others joining them are Alwi Jantan, formerly a deputy secretary-general in the Prime Minister’s Department, and former ambassador and ex-ASEAN deputy secretary-general Ahmad Mokhtar Selat.
Also on the list are the former chairman of the Social Security Organisation (SOCSO) Abu Huraira Yazid, former Petronas Dagangan Berhad managing director and CEO Anwaruddin Osman, former Defence Ministry deputy secretary-general Baharuddin Musa, UM dean of medicine Professor Dr. Adeeba Kamarulzaman, former executive director of the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER) Professor Ariff Abdul Kareem, businessman Nazir Ariff and former senior banker Shazal Yusof Mohd Zain.
The Group of 25 penned an Open Letter on December 8 calling for respect for the Federal Constitution, and expressed concern at the creeping Islamisation and desecularisation amidst increasing polarisation.
They called for dialogue among all concerned parties to pull the country back from the brink.
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