It began with ‘ping pong diplomacy’


Mat Sabu pointing to a picture of his school days in SMK Bukit Mertajam during the ‘Sireh Pulang Ke Gagang’ hi-tea reception. With him is his wife Normah Alwi (left). — Bernama

“YOU will become a politician, ” –these words of a principal from SMK Bukit Mertajam are vividly fresh in the mind of Defence Minister Mohamad Sabu up to this day.

Recalling the sweet moments of his school days, Mohamad said he did not expect his former principal’s prediction would come true.

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