PUTRAJAYA: Throughout his 35 years in the civil service, Tan Sri Dr Zainul Ariff Hussain rarely went on leave. He probably holds the record as the civil servant with the most number of leave written off.
When he reached the mandatory retirement age of 55 three years ago before his service was extended on contract, he accumulated a total of 1,333 days or three-and-a-half years of leave.
