tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6978184749618689779.post5905859002212866939..comments2023-04-22T20:30:12.262+08:00Comments on Lipat Kajang Temerloh: a PenghuluUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6978184749618689779.post-25953043496275692232010-12-22T14:57:13.367+08:002010-12-22T14:57:13.367+08:00Tok Penghulu Sidek reminds me about my late grandf...Tok Penghulu Sidek reminds me about my late grandfather Tok Muda Abdul Malek and how his house had being used during Emergency to fight Communist Terrorist .I still remember how my gradmother and my mother used to tell us about Tun Razak,YAM Sultan Pahang (Sultan Abu Bakar Riayatuddin)and how the kampungs Tok Penghulu manage their kampung/mukim.<br /><br />Yang pasti Tok Penghulu sekarang is far different with Tok Penghulu dulu-dulu.Al Fatihah to them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6978184749618689779.post-81149832097924376442010-05-02T14:11:58.402+08:002010-05-02T14:11:58.402+08:00Not only a Smith & Wesson pistol, but Tok Dek ...Not only a Smith & Wesson pistol, but Tok Dek (popularly known as) also owned the only double-barrel .22 short-gun (probably the only one in Temerloh). Being a sharp shooter, I used to see him dropping a burung Punai or buah kekabu from high above tall trees with just a single shot of .22 bullet, which is small about a sixth in size of ordinary short-gun ammo.<br /><br />There is an interesting story about how Tok Dek came to own a pistol. For his safety, as he was a main target of the communist terrorists since his tenure as the Penghulu of Lipat Kajang and later the Penghulu of Mukim Jenderak (Kuala Krau), the then Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs, Allahyarham Tun Abdul Razak, had personally advised him to acquire the six-shooter.<br /><br />Not many people know that Tok Dek was a close friend of Tun Razak. Their relationship began when they were teaching at a school in Pahang during the Japanese Occupation and bloomed when the later assumed the portfolio of Minister of Rural Devolopment.<br /><br />So Tok Dek applied for a permit to own a Simth & Wesson through the then OCPD (officer in charge of police district) of Mentakab, a Chinese. His application was bluntly rejected by the OCPD, unknowing his relationship with Tun Razak.<br /><br />Tok Dek then phoned Tun Razak about the status of his application. The later immediately directed the Inspector General of Police to act on the matter. Of course Tok Dek got his pistol soon after the OCPD of Mentakab received a call from his number one boss. But the OCPD never talk to Tok Dek again when they bumped into each other in the course of their work. Maybe he was angry with Tok Dek, but I suspect more out of shame. <br /><br />So that is how Tok Dek came to own a Smith & Wesson. Ironically, he never used it and never even carry it. The pistol was always kept under lock and key at his home. He was happier with his .22 short-gun that he used to shoot buah kekabu as target practise when there was no punai or tupai around.<br /><br />The communist terrorists had on many occasions attempted to capture or asassinate him, but Allah had fated Tok Dek to die of natural death.<br /><br />Hopefully this trivia would add flavour to your story of Tok Dek who had kept secret about his close relationship with our beloved Tun Razak. May Allah grant His blessing and rahmat to both of them who were great patriots from Pahang. <br /><br />For further information if needed, I can be reached at maulanaarrif@gmail.com.<br /><br />Meantime I will be gratefull if you publish this privilege comment as it is. Thanks and salam to all you guys from Lipat Kajang.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6978184749618689779.post-29144656870450892612010-05-02T14:08:35.579+08:002010-05-02T14:08:35.579+08:00Not only a Smith & Wesson pistol, but Tok Dek ...Not only a Smith & Wesson pistol, but Tok Dek (popularly known as) also owned the only double-barrel .22 short-gun (probably the only one in Temerloh). Being a sharp shooter, I used to see him dropping a burung Punai or buah kekabu from high above tall trees with just a single shot of .22 bullet, which is small about a sixth in size of ordinary short-gun ammo.<br /><br />There is an interesting story about how Tok Dek came to own a pistol. For his safety, as he was a main target of the communist terrorists since his tenure as the Penghulu of Lipat Kajang and later the Penghulu of Mukim Jenderak (Kuala Krau), the then Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs, Allahyarham Tun Abdul Razak, had personally advised him to acquire the six-shooter.<br /><br />Not many people know that Tok Dek was a close friend of Tun Razak. Their relationship began when they were teaching at a school in Pahang during the Japanese Occupation and bloomed when the later assumed the portfolio of Minister of Rural Devolopment.<br /><br />So Tok Dek applied for a permit to own a Simth & Wesson through the then OCPD (officer in charge of police district) of Mentakab, a Chinese. His application was bluntly rejected by the OCPD, unknowing his relationship with Tun Razak.<br /><br />Tok Dek then phoned Tun Razak about the status of his application. The later immediately directed the Inspector General of Police to act on the matter. Of course Tok Dek got his pistol soon after the OCPD of Mentakab received a call from his number one boss. But the OCPD never talk to Tok Dek again when they bumped into each other in the course of their work. Maybe he was angry with Tok Dek, but I suspect more out of shame. <br /><br />So that is how Tok Dek came to own a Smith & Wesson. Ironically, he never used it and never even carry it. The pistol was always kept under lock and key at his home. He was happier with his .22 short-gun that he used to shoot buah kekabu as target practise when there was no punai or tupai around.<br /><br />The communist terrorists had on many occasions attempted to capture or asassinate him, but Allah had fated Tok Dek to die of natural death.<br /><br />Hopefully this trivia would add flavour to your story of Tok Dek who had kept secret about his close relationship with our beloved Tun Razak. May Allah grant His blessing and rahmat to both of them who were great patriots from Pahang. <br /><br />For further information if needed, I can be reached at maulanaarrif@gmail.com.<br /><br />Meantime I will be gratefull if you publish this privilege comment as it is. Thanks and salam to all you guys from Lipat Kajang.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com