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Auni Afifah @ Yumni binti Haji Ali Hassan
Dated: 15th October, 2014.

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My name is Auni Afifah @ Yumni binti Haji Ali Hassan, born in 1988 and aged
26. I live in Kampong Rimba Gadong with my parents and six siblings. Being
the eldest daughter is all about being an inspiration and giving motivation to
my other siblings which requires me to always project a good image for their
upbringing. At the same time, I continue on learning from every mistakes
and improving myself from time to time. I believe this had made me
becoming more independent and stronger in life.
In addition to that, I spent most of my childhood being away from family. I
stayed in hostel at the age of nine, right after I got accepted into the Arabic
school from Primary Five until I finished my Sixth Form. Although we were
allowed to go home during weekends but as time passed by, I started to stay
longer and only to go home once every two or three weeks. However, it did
not stop there. I got an opportunity to pursue my study abroad which of
course it was another chapter of my independent life. Studying abroad
brought independent to the next level where I learnt a lot in terms of
financial management, adapting to the culture, environment, food, language,
lifestyles, meeting new friends and people and the most challenging part was
to manage my time efficiently. From these experiences, I saw things
differently, I learnt and observed. I also happened to always eager to
experience new things and to challenge myself over something.
My educational background was Degree in Syariah Islamiyah at Al-Azhar
University Cairo in Egypt, then later I pursued my Masters Degree in Syariah
and Law at University of Malaya Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia under the
sponsorship of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces. This scholarship was awarded
to me from the beginning of my study abroad in 2007 by undergoing
different types of selection process. Unlike any other scholarships, the
selection process was well designed in order to select potential students
from different aspects, background and characteristics to carry the duties
and responsibilities. This scholarship bonds its recipients to work and serve
in the Ministry of Defence whether as a civilian officer or military officer for
two years for each year of studies.
As an RBAF scholarship recipient, I am bonded to become a military officer.
This led me to face the most common question; with my educational
background, why did I choose this scholarship when I knew I would have to
serve in the military instead of becoming a religious officer? It is also similar
to why I chose military as a career?. At that time, I was just a high school
graduate who wanted to achieve her dream and grabbed any opportunities I
could get to pursue my studies abroad. Although military had never came
across my mind as a career that I would pick but as soon as I started the
three months of induction program under the scholarship unit, more
exposures and experiences on learning further about the organization,
military life, future plans and its vision, I started to develop my interest and it
changed my perspective and the way I see MINDEF and particularly military
as a whole. I realized that it did feel good to have achieved my dream but it
was not good enough in order to serve as military personnel for a certain
period of time. Therefore passion and goals for my future in the armed forces
are very much required.
Though I had less exposure about working life in the armed forces before but
I continued to choose this path in the first place was because of job security
and the benefits which the government provides for its personnel. But later, I
personally discovered that working environment in the RBAF is very flexible
and complex. Therefore, to fit in I need to become flexible myself. It teaches
me to prepare myself for the unexpected, accept the tasks assigned to us, be
more open and flexible to make changes but at the same time, adapt and
excel. It requires anyone in this circle to manage time efficiently, build up our
self-esteem, confidence level and enhance our leadership skills. It really was
a challenge for me at first with my background in religious studies to cope in
the RBAF but I do not see that as a barrier, instead it is a stepping stone for
me to perform better in my field just like any other experts.
I am well aware of how the RBAF would not be able to implement the Syariah
Law, particularly the Islamic criminal law within the ministry because the Law
can only be carried out and referred to the authorities of the Syariah Court.
Nevertheless, in conjunction with the titah of His Majesty on this matter, this
may be a gateway for the RBAF to promote more discipline and decent
lifestyle by exposing our military personnel about theLaw. We may not have
the power to fully carry out the Syariah Law but having necessary exposures
will slowly help to prevent more of our military personnel from committing
the crimes. Although, the RBAF has already been handling a small fragment
of Islamic family law on administrative matters which later handing over the
cases to be referred to the Syariah Court for trials and further investigations
but I still believe that the RBAF needs to have its own personnel who are
experts and have related background on this matter. Therefore, this is what I
want to do; the RBAF surely can also have its own Syariah legal
representatives, advisors, research officers or even lawyers. The liaison
between Syariah lawyers and authorized authorities from both RBAF and the
Syariah Court will benefit us through interactions, discussions and
exchanging thoughts on the current issues will also help us to overcome the
rising problems.
In five years time, I personally wish to excel further in this field and get
myself certified as a Syariah lawyer to present the RBAF. Unlike civil lawyers,
it only requires me to take normally a two-year diploma course to be
qualified as a lawyer. I am hoping to see Syariah Law to be widely exposed
particularly within RBAF and our personnel to be well educated about the
Law. I would hope to see myself contributing to the RBAF by together
developing a more progressive legal unit which not only based in Bolkiah
Garrison but will also be based at each unit of the RBAF. By doing so meaning
more posts can be offered to other units as well instead of only among the
land force personnel. In that way, we can achieve a more balance and
efficient working environment in this field.

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Auni Afifah @ Yumni binti Haji Ali Hassan

Dated: 15th October, 2014.

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