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Asian Football Confederation general-secretary Datuk Windsor Paul John awarding the writer with the SAM-100Plus Best News Report (Print) award at PJ Hilton last night. - Pic by SAM 'Hold, Let go, Attack' That was the title of my front page article published in the Sunday Mail on April 9, 2017. The article was about how a former footballer disclosed the Kuala Lumpur FA was managed by an alleged bookie in 2013. Read the full report here . Sunday Mail's front page published on April 9, 2017 It's been close to 10 months since I left Malay Mail, last serving as its Executive Editor. And winning the Sportswriters Association of Malaysia (SAM)-100Plus Best News Report (Print) award for the above-mentioned article at PJ Hilton last night was a humbling moment. Ironically, the headline of the winning article is reflective of life as well - of how one should know when is the right time to 'hold', 'let go' or 'attack'. Congratulation...

Newly-elected Bar Council president Christopher Leong said he would engage with all stakeholders, including the judiciary, to find ways to improve the standard of the legal profession, as reported by Bernama. Christopher added he will address concerns that judges and lawyers had no sufficient time to prepare cases, while vowing to lodge a disciplinary complaint against Cecil Abraham as reported by Free Malaysia Today . Is it true journalists were not allowed to sit through the Malaysian Bar Annual General Meeting held earlier today? HD says: All the best to Christopher and his team.