Zam, the King and I


A family man: Zainuddin is survived by his wife Puan Sri Zaiton Zainol Abidin and four children – two sons and two daughters.

The Star’s executive editor remembers his group editor-in-chief at Utusan Melayu, and mentor, the former Information Minister Tan Sri Zainuddin Maidin. 

I WAS a school boy dreaming of becoming a great writer and journalist. And it was in February 1984 when the call came in. I received a letter from Utusan Melayu to attend an interview in Kuala Lumpur.

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