M’sia may not have been kind enough to Pak Lah, says former adviser

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Kalimullah Hassan says the country’s fifth prime minister had the ability to forgive people easily.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/04/15/msia-may-not-have-been-kind-enough-to-pak-lah-says-former-adviser/  Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/04/15/malaysia-mungkin-tak-cukup-baik-terhadap-pak-lah-kata-bekas-penasihat/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #AbdullahAhmadBadawi #PakLah #KohTsuKoon #KalimullahHassan

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00:00The late Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, fondly known as Bakla, was a deeply forgiving leader,

00:07his former advisor wrote in a social media tribute. In an Instagram post, Kalimullah

00:12Hassan said Malaysia may not have been kind enough to the former prime minister, noting

00:17that Abdullah had the ability to forgive people so easily. Kalimullah also said Abdullah was

00:23never judgmental and was deeply aware of his own shortcomings, as he would never cast the first

00:28stone. According to him, Abdullah strongly believed that God had given Malaysia its multi-ethnic

00:34and multi-religious structure to spur the country to greater heights. Separately, former

00:39federal minister and Gurrakan president Ko Sukun recalled that when Abdullah was appointed

00:44education minister, he was instrumental in seeking solutions for issues related to Chinese education.

00:51The former Penang chief minister also said when Abdullah was appointed as prime minister in

00:552003, he approved and launched several important projects in support of the socio-economic development

01:01of the state.

01:05Naritha Raja, FMT.

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