Rear Admiral (Rtd) Tan Sri Dato' Seri K. Thanabalasingam

The first Malaysian Chief of the Royal Malaysian Navy 

Rear Admiral (Rtd) Tan Sri Dato' Seri K. Thanabalasingam is the third chief of the Royal Malaysian Navy and the first Malaysian to be appointed to the post.Under Thanabalasingam and with Tunku Abdul Rahman's foresight, the Royal Malaysian Navy was gradually transformed from a coastal navy (brown water force) to an ocean-going navy (blue water navy).At the end of 1976, he retired from the naval service as Rear Admiral at the age of 40. He ventured subsequently into private business. He currently lives in Kuala Lumpur.

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 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._Thanabalasingam
 http://najmibintangku.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/ex-servicemen-launch-broadside-at-zahid-hamidi/