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SRI AMAN: “My wife insisted on sending our two daughters back to their school in Kuching yesterday,” said Mohamad Hamzah Razali, the husband of Siti Aishah Abdullah, who was one of nine who died after their vehicle sank. on the river on the Triso ferry. Point yesterday.
The 43-year-old preacher said he didn’t expect that to be a sign that his wife would leave him for good.
Hamzah said that normally he and his late wife would send their two daughters Khairunnisa, 14, and Nur Syuhada, 16, to the Islamic school (madrassa) in Samariang, Kuching. Lessons are scheduled to start there next week.
“However, yesterday, she (Siti Aishah) insisted that she be with her sister (Lorna Ting) to send our daughters back to school in Kuching,” she said when meeting journalists at Sri Aman Hospital here today.
Siti Aishah, 36, Lorna, 33, (who was previously identified as Ronany Ting), along with Kharunnisa and Nur Suhada, were killed after the four-wheel drive vehicle spun out of control and sank at Sungai Batang Lupar, while boarding. the ferry yesterday.
Hamzah’s other three sons, identified as seven-year-old Mohd Aiman, five-year-old Mohd Mustaqim and four-month-old Mohd Ahmad, also died in the 3 p.m. tragedy, which also claimed the lives of their two cousins. , Wallace Phang, seven, and Alvin Phang, 12.
Hamzah said the last time he received a WhatsApp message from his wife was after Friday prayers yesterday, saying he was heading to Kuching with his brother-in-law and other family members in two vehicles.
“I found out about the incident after receiving a call from my mother-in-law around 3:19 pm,” she said, adding that she accepted the fate that had befallen her family as proof from God.
Meanwhile, Munah Agon, 58, the mother of Siti Aishah and Lorna, when they met at the Sri Aman Hospital Forensic Unit, said she was still in shock from the incident.
Munah, who was riding in another vehicle driven by her son and dragging the 4WD, said she could only scream when she saw that the vehicle driven by Lorna suddenly lost control and plunged into the river.
“There was nothing I could do but watch the car start to sink. My children and grandchildren were pulled out of the river by members of the public, “said Munah, who lost her two daughters and seven grandchildren in the incident.
“Before leaving, Siti Aishah, in a humorous tone, had also asked me to dress beautifully,” he said.
Hamzah said the remains of his wife and children would be buried in a grave at the Kampung Hulu Sri Aman Muslim Cemetery. The bodies of Lorna and her two children would be brought to Sibu after completing the autopsy process at Sri Aman Hospital.
