From 'Guthrie Dawn Raid' hero to beloved Mentri Besar

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SHAH ALAM: Former Mentri Besar of Selangor Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim who breathed his last on Sunday (July 31) will surely be remembered for being one of the individuals who played a significant role in the Guthrie Dawn Raid on Sept 7, 1981.

Long before he led Selangor’s state government from March 13, 2008, to Sept 22, 2014, Abdul Khalid was already one of the most important men in the country’s history, mainly for his role in the dawn attack on the London Stock Exchange, which led to the successful takeover of Guthrie Corporation, a British-owned company.

Abdul Khalid graduated with an economics degree from Universiti Malaya in 1971 before pursuing a Master’s degree at the University of Queensland, Australia in 1976. Abdul Khalid contested on a PKR ticket and won the Ijok state seat in the 12th General Election in 2008, which saw the opposition coalition Pakatan Rakyat comprising PKR, DAP and PAS forming the new state government in Selangor, and him being appointed as the first non-Barisan Nasional Menteri Besar on March 13, 2008.

Under his administration, Selangor continued to be the catalyst for the national economic growth by contributing approximately 24 per cent to the Gross Domestic Product and maintaining its position as one of the top investment destinations in the country.

 

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A humble and decent man. A people's person. He shouldn't have joined politics that savaged him.

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