From the Business Times, dateline Jan 15, 2010:
A THREE-WAY race to helm Malaysia’s national oil corporation is on but the incumbent is not one of the contenders, executives familiar with the matter said.
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The three being considered are all from within the company, which puts paid to speculation that Mr Najib would rope in an outsider to helm the oil firm. The trio: Shamsul Azhar Abbas, an adviser to Petronas’ international operations; Anuar Ahmad, a vice-president in charge of human resource management; and Wan Zulkiflee Wan Ariffin, Petronas’s vice-president in charge of the gas business.
I guess the Business Times has its own sources, as this news has not been reported by the Malaysian newswires.

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