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Wong’s boyfriend still not found
ZULKIFLI ERSAL/THESUN
by Charles Ramendran
newsdesk@thesundaily.com
KUALA LUMPUR: The probe into the distribution
of private photographs of Bukit Lanjan assembly-
man Elizabeth Wong is being hampered by the
unknown whereabouts of her ex-boyfriend.
The man is the key figure police are keen
to question over the photographs posted on the
internet, leading to her tendering her resignation
as assemblyman and Selangor state executive
councillor.
Yesterday, Inspector-General of Police Tan
Sri Musa Hassan said the man has gone over-
seas and police would seek the help of their
counterparts overseas to trace the man to help
in the probe.
Meanwhile, Selangor Mentri Besar Tan
Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim has yet to decide on
Wong’s status, saying he would only meet her
next week to discuss the matter. “I am still wait-
ing if there is any new development on the matter
from the police,” he said yesterday.
On another matter, Musa warned that those
who posted insults on Sultans in weblogs would
face the same fate as the six people who were
charged in court nationwide on Friday.
Musa spoke to reporters after witnessing a cer- Cheras yesterday morning.
emony of former Penang deputy CPO Datuk Salleh He said each and every police person-
Mat Rasid being promoted as deputy commissioner nel must display their capabilities and
of police and assuming the post of internal security their loyalty to the force to convince
and public order deputy director in the General their superiors they deserve to rise in
Operations Force (GOF) Central Brigade base in the ranks.
Salleh, 55, who joined the force as a
constable in 1974, served in many sec-
tions but mainly the GOF.
Rosmah ‘shocked’ by political smears
KUALA LUMPUR: Deputy Prime Min-
ister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak’s
wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, says
she is “shocked” by attacks from
political opponents’ attempts to link
her and her husband to a sensational
murder.
But the wife of the man who
is expected to take over as prime
minister after Umno elections this
month dismissed suggestions the
accusations could overshadow his
premiership and said the experience
had made them stronger.
“When I heard these unpleasant
things it shocked me, I can’t imagine
that somebody like that could ex-
ist on this earth and not feel guilty
about making other people’s lives
miserable,” she told AFP in a recent
interview.
“But as far as I’m concerned,
I’m not affected by all this because
I know they will do anything to stop
my husband from being a (leader),
and they chose the wrong way.”
Last year, Najib denie having an
affair with 28-year-old Mongolian
woman Altantuya Shaariibuu, who
was murdered in 2006. Her remains
were blown up with military-grade
| MONDAY MARCH 16 2009
Doctors to
get more
incentives
PETALING JAYA: The Health
Ministry is providing “hard
and soft rewards” to retain
doctors in government service,
Deputy Health Director-General
(Medical) Datuk Dr Noor Hisham
Abdullah said.
Speaking at a symposium on
“Future challenges for Health-
care in Malaysia” here, he said
the ministry has implemented
several incentives, including
more opportunities for promotion
and fast-track promotions based
on performance, opportunity for
those who are on Employees
Provident Fund scheme to opt
for the pension scheme, on call-
and location-based allowances
and compensation for doctors
who lecture in universities.
Other incentives are
opportunities for further
He shoulders a heavy responsibility Musa placing education and sabbaticals, sup-
as his current portfolio is to oversee the the pips on port for research and publica-
GOF, border management and security Salleh at the tions through the nationwide
at all international airports nationwide. ceremony clinical research centres,
Musa said since police took over in Cheras tertiary education scholarships
security at airports last year, crime rates yesterday. for doctor’s children who are
had declined. He said serious crimes and eligible and annual leave of 35
property crimes at airports dipped 55% days and 25 days for new staff,
and 36% respectively. he said. – Bernama
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explosives in a jungle clearing.
The deputy premier’s close ad-
viser, Abdul Razak Baginda, who ad- If they cannot
mitted having a relationship with the get my husband,
woman, was charged with abetting
the murder but was later acquitted they get me, if they
without his defence being called. cannot get me
Two policemen from an elite
squad that guards VVIPs are
they even go to the
accused of carrying out the grisly children ... they will
slaying and are currently on trial.
Rosmah, who was herself linked
resort to anything
to the crime by a blogger who at all.”
was slapped with sedition and – Rosmah
defamation charges over the
allegations, said the furore was part
and parcel of political life.
“If they cannot get my husband,
they get me, if they cannot get me
they even go to the children ... they
will resort to anything at all.
“But it doesn’t matter, it makes
us much wiser, it makes us much
stronger, closer as a family, and more Rosmah, who has a reputation Malaysia’s most-discussed public
mature. for being formidable and outspo- personalities.
“What’s important is your con- ken, portrayed her relationship “Like it or not, when you are the
science, that when you wake up in the with her husband as close and wife of a prominent leader, you will
morning and you look in the mirror, are affectionate. be watched, talked about, assessed
you able to look at yourself and love In a country where news and analysed all the time. But they
yourself, and ask yourself whether websites and blogs are a popular fail to realise I am also a human be-
you’ve done the right thing.” source of information, she is one of ing,” she said.