Ex-DPP recalls hiding neighbours in her house during May 13

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On the belief that humanity is the most powerful recipe to maintain harmony in a plural society, Zaitoon Othman, 80, who was the country's first female deputy public prosecutor, has always helped others, regardless of what religion or race they belong to. This sprightly woman is active in various organisations and associations, activities she has been involved in since more than 50 years ago, especially during the emergency in 1969. During the May 13, 1969 incident, she turned her house into a shelter for nearly 30 of her neighbours of various races and religions who feared the tense situation then. Zaitoon, who served as a magistrate in 1969 and a year later as a Sessions Court judge in Kuala Lumpur, risked her life and that of her husband by taking in their neighbours, who were mostly women and children, into her home. The neighbours stayed at her house for nearly a week. “Du…