Apabila YB Dato' Adnan Yaakob dilantik sebagai Menteri Besar Pahang, beliau telefon saya bertanya samada saya hendak tak datang ke Kuantan bekerja dengan dia. "Sam, Long ingat elok awak berubah angin. Mari datang Kuantan kerja dengan Long". Begitu lah kata-kata beliau. Kebetulan tahun 1999 itu saya kurang betul menumpukan perhatian kepada kerja-kerja sebagai lawyer. Anak saya baru meninggal pada 20hb August 1998. Dato' Adnan dilantik sebagai MB pada 25hb Mei 1999. "Come lah work with me. We see how I can place you in the MB's Office" Begitu lah Long Nan beritahu saya. "Boleh lah Long. Setahun dua boleh kot. I like myself more as lawyer, Long...." "OK...mari lah setahun dua" Itu jawab Dato' Adnan. "Tapi Long tak boleh lah bagi awak gaji besar Sam...." Sambung Dato' Adnan. "Kita tengok lah mana yang sesuai". Tambah beliau. Pada mulanya sejak bulan Mei 1999 itu saya hanya berulang alik KL-Kuantan. Tujuan...
i thought the reason "sentenced to death by hanging" was because there was once upon a time long long ago a convict was sentenced to hang and the wood he was hang was brake and he fell down and still alive.
ReplyDeletethe lawyer who was defending the convict get all the people to agree that his client ald being hang and has been prosecuted. After that, the "sentenced to death by hanging" was introduced... I didn't know if this is true story, i heard it somewhere and never tried to google about it. Was it true? :D even it wasn't true I'm hanging myself to this story since it is more enjoyable if people asked me how a people cannot die after being hanged...
I want to see their faces..anyone can provide their picture???
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