Fourteen schools were today named as High-Performance Schools (HPS) by Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. This brings the the total number of HPS nationwide to 66.

The schools named today are Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Perempuan Sultan Ibrahim, SK Infant Jesus, Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Cina (SJKC) Foon Yew 2, Sekolah Menengah Sains (SMS) Kota Tinggi and SMS Johor (all in Johor); SK Ibrahim, Sungai Petani, SJKC Keat Hwa (H) Alor Setar and SMS Sultan Mohamad Jiwa, Sungai Petani (Kedah).

The rest are SK Sultan Sulaiman 1, Kuala Terengganu and SK Tengku Mahmud, Besut (Terengganu); SK Assunta Convent, Kuantan in Pahang; SK Minden Heights and SJKC Kwang Hwa in Penang and SMS Tuanku Jaafar in Kuala Pilah Negeri Sembilan.

The mother of a suspected Malaysian terrorist leader killed in the Philippines has appealed for the return of the body of her dead son, a news report said Friday.

Aminah Abdul Aziz, 64, asked authorities in Kuala Lumpur and Manila to send back to Malaysia the body of her son, Zulkifli Abdul Hir, so he could be given proper burial.

Zulkifli, also known as Marwan, 46, was an engineer who worked in a telecommunications company in Kuala Lumpur before he became a leader of the Indonesia-based militant group Jemaah Islamiyah in 2000. He left behind a wife and three children.

The United States offered a 5-million-dollar bounty for his arrest or capture for his alleged involvement in terrorist attacks in Asia, including the 2002 bombings in Bali, Indonesia that killed more than 200 people.

'I was shocked to be informed of his death as I have not received any news or heard from him since he left home over 12 years ago,' Aminah told the New Straits Times newspaper. 'If it is true that he has died, please being his body home.'

Philippine authorities said Marwan was among the 15 suspected Muslim militants killed Thursday in a predawn airstrike in the southern island of Jolo, a known base for al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf rebels.

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Berita Minggu pada 19 Ogos 2001 melaporkan Zulkifli pernah belajar di Sekolah Datuk Abdul Razak dari 1979 hingga 1983. Sejak itu dia sering memperkatakan mengenai peperangan di Afghanistan yang baru bermula apabila Rusia menawan negara itu pada 1981 dan mahu menjadi pejuang jihad dan mahu pergi ke Afghanistan dan berjuang bersama Mujahidin. Beliau turut mengikuti perkembangan berita pembunuhan beramai-ramai rakyat Palestin di khemah pelarian Sabra dan Shatila di Lubnan oleh militia Kristian yang bersekutu dengan Israel pada 1982.

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ZULKIFLI ABDHIR

	Photograph taken in 2000

Multimedia: Images

Aliases:

Marwan, Zulkifli Abd Hir, Zulkifli Bin Abdul Hir, Hulagu, Holagu, Lagu, Musa Abdul Hir, Zulkifli Abdul Hir, Zulkiflibin Hir, Abdul Hir bin Zulkifli, Abduhir Bin Hir, Bin Abdul Hir Zulkifli, Zulkifli, Zulkifli Hir, Musa, Abdulhir Bin Hir, Ahmad Shobirin, Armand Escalante, Hassan, Hendri Lawi, Henri Lawi, Hogalu, Hugalu, Muslimin Abdulmotalib, Norhana Mohamad, Normina, Hashim, Omar Salem, Salim Alombra

DESCRIPTION

Date(s) of Birth Used: January 5, 1966; October 5, 1966 Place of Birth: Muar, Johor, Malaysia Height: 5'6" Weight: 120 pounds Build: Slim	Hair: Black (Balding) Eyes: Brown Complexion: Dark Sex: Male Citizenship: Malaysian Languages: Malaysian; English; Tagalog; Arabic

Scars and Marks:	None known
Remarks:	Abdhir is an engineer trained in the United States. It is believed that he has been living in the Southern Philippines since August of 2003.