Malaysia Boleh!!!

Source: The Star.
Let this be a lesson to others (that NS not worth attend), says mum

KUALA PERLIS: The mother of 18-year-old Ahmad Hafizal Ahmad Fauzi who was jailed 14 days in lieu of a RM600 fine for dodging national service wants her son’s predicament to be a lesson to others.
Noraini Said, 50, said although she was sad her son had to go to jail because he could not pay the fine, justice must be done and her son’s sentence should serve as a lesson to others who were selected to undergo NS training.
The divorcee with four children, including Ahmad Hafizal, who was met by reporters at her dilapidated house in Kampung Titi Serong here, hoped that the issue of poverty would not be used as an excuse by others to skip national service.

Noraini Said, the mother of NS dodger Ahmad Hafizal, standing in front of her house in Kampung Titi Serong, Perlis. Though sad her son had to go to jail, she said poverty should not be an excuse to skip NS.“I told him to attend the programme but he was stubborn and wanted to find odd jobs to supplement the family income,” she said.
Noraini earns about RM150 a month as a helper at a pre-school. The family also receives RM150 monthly aid from a non-governmental organisation.
Noraini said Ahmad Hafizal stopped schooling after Form Two at SMK Syed Alwi in Kayang because he wanted to help the family.
“He has sacrificed for the family and we are sad upon hearing the news. Actually, I never expected him to be jailed,” she said.
She said his siblings Ahmad Izwah, 16, and Ahmad Haikal, 15, were still schooling while the eldest Ahmad Hafiz, 21, was in Malacca looking for a job.


Things to ponder: What will happen if his name was Ahmad Hafizal Dato' Ahmad Fauzi