The Shafee Yahaya Story: Estate Boy to aca Chief

By Wazir Jahan Karim

March 2011 BOOK REVIEW
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By Kalsom Taib Published by Kalsom Taib Publishing 396 pagesTHIS NARRATIVE ABOUT Datuk Shafee Yahaya, former Anti Corruption Agency (ACA) chief who assumed the position from June 16, 1994 to September 11, 1998, written by his wife, Datin Kalsom Taib, relates the story of an ordinary civil servant who began his career as assistant district officer (ADO) of Kuala Langat, then as private secretary to Tun Abdul Razak and Datuk Hussein Onn, followed by a long service in the National...

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Wazir Jahan Karim

is the executive director of Intersocietal and Scientific (Inas) and advisor for Muslim Affairs in Penang Heritage Trust. She is also the author of Penang Muslim Culinary Heritage that will be published in early 2012.

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