PETALING JAYA: Minutes before taking off on MH17, leading steward Mohd Ghafar Abu Bakar told his mother that he would not be back in Malacca for the coming Hari Raya. He never got off that flight – and he never made it home.
“He informed our mother via WhatsApp that he could not return to Malacca for Raya due to work. I couldn’t believe that it was his last message to us,” said Suzana Ismail, 48, who is Mohd Ghafar’s half-sister, when contacted yesterday.
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