One of the most heartening act of the Hussein Onn administration then was to invite a Jewish rabbi to administer the last rites to a Jewish passenger amongst the victim. He joined the Muslim imams, Buddhist, Taoist, Catholic priests as well as ministers from the other Christian denominations in the ceremony as all the victims' remains were interned at a mass grave since no intact bodies were found. It was really a very forward looking and wise move, much appreciated by sensible Malaysians except for the narrow minded bigots who later mounted the infamous ayatollah coup de'tat almost 2 decades later. Despite this great gesture few amongst the foreign mainstream media pick on its virtue.
Before MAS fell into the clutches of the pseudo religious bigots, the people there were very tolerant and amiable to the sensible expat pilots except the overbearing tyrants. Babu was well liked and treated as a close family member in MAS flight operations. We certainly lost a good friend and the loss was made worse when it was later revealed that that his family was betrayed and scammed by one of our fellows. I know I may get banned from this thread, but we should all treat that piece of work like a pariah to be shunned at all cost. In that way we can all be true to the memory of good old Babu.
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