Final update:
Updated 30/6: Malaysian Insider thinks "Najib's new brain trust - Idris Jala, Omar Mustapha Ong et al - draws ire of the Mahathirists". Hehe. Maybe it is so, maybe not. Mostly, Dr Mahathir is duly informed of the appointments. If he's unhappy with a certain appointment, the so-called Mahathirists will be very unhappy. But sometimes some of the so-called Mahathirists are unhappy even when the Tun is happy with a certain appointment. That's what makes these Mahathirists so unpredictable, sometimes. I should know ...
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Updated 30/6: Malaysian Insider thinks "Najib's new brain trust - Idris Jala, Omar Mustapha Ong et al - draws ire of the Mahathirists". Hehe. Maybe it is so, maybe not. Mostly, Dr Mahathir is duly informed of the appointments. If he's unhappy with a certain appointment, the so-called Mahathirists will be very unhappy. But sometimes some of the so-called Mahathirists are unhappy even when the Tun is happy with a certain appointment. That's what makes these Mahathirists so unpredictable, sometimes. I should know ...
Updated, 29/6: Bujai adds some spice to Azeez Rahim's appointment (which takes effect July 1 2013) with his latest posting on Gang Mamak (no relations to the notorious Mamak Gang, the gangsters, rapists and criminals from the 90s).
Original posting:
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Azeez Rahim. Azeez with a doule E, his name is being bandied about as the next Chairman of Tabung Haji, the billion-ringgit co-op formed by the government to send Malaysian Muslims to Mekah for their haj. If it's true, it would be an amazing feat for the 46-year old who won back Baling for Najib Razak in the recent general election.
Azeez has come a long way from his Rempit era of the Pak Lah's bygones. Due to some sleek rebranding exercises, some people have taken to calling him Azeez Gaza these days, not Azeez Rempit or Azeez Putra or Azeez Baling. Not easy to organize all those humanitarian missions to Gaza and Somalia and all those jin-bertendang boondocks of the world.
But question is, will he have what it takes to re-organize Tabung Haji? Will he, for instance, replace long-time CEO Ismee Ismail? Or will it be, you know, business as usual?