Religious teacher puts up brave front after son’s body is found

BALIK PULAU: Religious teacher Ku Abdul Halim Ku Taha was composed when news first came that the body of his 19-year-old son had been found.

He had cut a forlorn figure at the search and rescue operation base near Penang National Park entrance. But when the body of his son Ku Muhammad Ilyas was brought to shore, the tears began welling up in his eyes.