{"id":142266,"date":"2020-08-31T04:00:33","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T04:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/?p=142266"},"modified":"2020-08-31T04:00:36","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T04:00:36","slug":"merdeka-spirit-tan-sri-muhyiddin-recalls-historical-moment-of-63-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/?p=142266","title":{"rendered":"\u0153Merdeka\u009d spirit: Tan Sri Muhyiddin recalls historical moment of 63 years ago"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong>By Aisyah Mohd<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR, 31 August 2020: In conjunction with Malaysia&#8217;s 63rd National Day celebration, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin continued the legacy of the late Tunku Abdul Rahman when he was announcing Malaysias Independence 63 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recalling the historical moment, the Prime Minister stood at the same place while delivering the 63rd National Day message which was broadcast on Sunday (30 August).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0153I am standing here today, at a very historical place. 63 years ago, this is where the late Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysias first Prime Minister, declared the proclamation of Independence of \u0153Tanah Melayu\u009d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0153On 31st August 1957, at this historical place, the late Tunku was witnessed by thousands of people from various races and religions declared the Federation of Malaya,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin also quoted Tunku Abdul Rahmans speech during the declaration of Independence in 1957.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0153With the abundance of grace from Allah, this country will remain independent and sovereign democracy based on freedom and justice, protect and prioritise the welfare and the well-being of its people and maintain peace among all races.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0153This is what the late Tunku Abdul Rahman expressed, followed by the sacred shout, \u0153Merdeka!,\u009d he further added. ***<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: Astro Awani<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Aisyah Mohd KUALA LUMPUR, 31 August 2020: In conjunction with Malaysia&#8217;s 63rd National Day celebration, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin continued the legacy of the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":166,"featured_media":142267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"nelio_content":{"isAutoShareEnabled":true,"autoShareEndMode":"never","automationSources":{"useCustomSentences":false,"customSentences":[]},"followers":[12,134,166],"suggestedReferences":[],"efiUrl":"","efiAlt":"","highlights":[],"permalinkQueryArgs":[]},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/174C2B26-AA46-4C34-9ECF-2FC860745530.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142266"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/166"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=142266"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":142274,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142266\/revisions\/142274"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/142267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=142266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=142266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=142266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}