is best known for his news reading... even Tun Dr. Mahathir and Sultan Azlan Shah knew him as one...
“I was at a supermarket at the old Yow Chuan Plaza in KL when I saw a bunch of thuggish-looking men with handle-bar moustaches. As I pushed my cart, I thought to myself that there must be some VIP in the premises. As I turned the corner into the next aisle, who do I bump into but the man himself! I of course apologised, and he said, ‘Yes, hello Patrick. How are you? Still reading the news?’ I replied I wasn’t and went on my way.
“I met him again when Marina his daughter invited me to a Hari Raya do at their house which was at Seri Perdana at the time. I was sitting at my table, when I spied Mahathir walking to the entrance of the house. And there he stood alone. I decided to go up to him and wish him. Once again, he said, ‘Well hello, Patrick. How are you? Still reading the news?’”
Patrick didn’t quite get to have conversation with Mahathir because when the rest of the guests spotted the good doctor, they ran up to him and shoved Patrick out of the way, resulting in him being pushed down the stairs.
To go back to the question of Patrick still reading the news, it happened also with Sultan Azlan Shah when he was the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
“I attended a function where he was the guest of honour. When it was time for him to leave, we all had to line up outside and see him off. When he saw me, he said, ‘Hello Patrick. Still reading the news? With RTM right?’ I replied no I wasn’t but I was once with TV3. The King then said, ‘RTM or TV3, they are all the same.’”
More where that came from:
Asia Sentinel has quite an interesting article on the 1MDB. It does not say Najib is innocent. Infact quite the opposite, and some more about 1MDB (cruelly referred to as "1 Malaysia Dah Bankrup' by some rude people).
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