KL mayor Datuk Hakim Borhan (with lit torch) passing the flame over to Youth and Sports secretary-general Datuk Mohd Yasin Mohd Salleh during the Beijing Olympic torch run in Kuala Lumpur, 21 April 2008. GLENN GUAN/The Star

The Olympic flame is carried by a former swimmer Nurul Huda Abdullah, towards the landmark Petronas Twin Towers during the Malaysian leg of the 2008 Beijing Olympic torch relay in downtown Kuala Lumpur, 21 April  2008. GLENN GUAN/The Star

Former Malaysian Ambassador to China, Datuk Abdul Majid Ahmad Khan, runs in the rain while carrying the Olympic torch during the Beijing Olympic Torch relay in Kuala Lumpur, 21 April 2008. GLENN GUAN/The Star

Ambassador of China to Malaysia Cheng Yonghua (right) passing the Olympic flame to the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah before proceeding to light up the cauldron at KLCC to mark the end of the Olympic torch relay in Kuala Lumpur,  21 April 2008. GLENN GUAN/The Star