00:00Nor Farida Arifin, one of the co-founders of the G25 group of prominent retired civil
00:07servants has died.
00:09She was 76.
00:11Farida, who was in the civil service for 36 years, served as a magistrate and Sessions
00:18Court judge before being seconded to the Foreign Ministry.
00:22She was the Malaysian ambassador to the Netherlands from 2000 to 2007 before being promoted to
00:29Director General of Wisma Putra's Research, Treaties, and International Law Department.
00:35In 2011, she was appointed as a member of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
00:42Advisory Group in two conventions.
00:46She retired from the civil service in 2012.
00:52When contacted, G25 Executive Secretary Jasmin Zulkifli confirmed Farida's passing.
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