Malaysia’s first net provider Jaring in liquidation

Malaysia's first internet provider Jaring Communications Sdn Bhd is under liquidation. – Reuters pic, April 25, 2015.

Malaysia's first internet provider Jaring Communications Sdn Bhd has been put under the care of a liquidator after a court order last Thursday.

The news was met with a mix of sadness and happiness by a key figure who was instrumental in pioneering the internet service in the country some 30 years ago, Dr Mohamed Awang Lah.

In a Facebook posting yesterday, the former Jaring chief executive officer said he was sad that the entity he had helped to start back in 1986 under the name RangKoM, later launched as Jaring in 1992, had been left to deteriorate into the present condition.

Jaring was also a subsidiary of Mimos and subsequently taken over by the Finance Ministry in 2007.  

"I no longer have any links with this company after retiring in 2010. However, to me this incident is to me sad and happy at the same time.

“Sad because the entity that introduced internet service in Malaysia has come to this. Happy because a more responsible party has been given the duty to manage it temporarily.

"I hope it will be turned around soon," he said.

After retiring, Mohamed's position was taken over by Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Yaacob as the new appointed CEO on  March 1, 2011.

- TMI