Azlin – a true professional and people person

Grieving family: Azlina reciting prayer with her children, Amirul Akmal (left), 18 and Aishah Maryam, 14 (right ) in Petaling Jaya.

PETALING JAYA: A quiet worker behind the scene, the greatest asset of Datuk Azlin Alias (pic) was his ability to make civil servants at ease when dealing with daunting economic and commercial matters.

Initially put in charge of looking into government-linked companies (GLCs) for the Finance Ministry, he eventually was given the more important portfolio of assessing all economic matters in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).