AN officer and a gentleman. That’s the first thing that strikes you about Customs director-general Datuk Subromaniam Tholasy. Soft-spoken, well-read and down to earth.
Growing up in a rubber estate in Muar, Johor, the father-of-three knows the value of hard work. His late parents were rubber tappers. They’d tap rubber in the mornings before heading to the padi fields for more back-breaking work. The day only ends after the cows are tended to.
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