JOHOR BARU: Thinking that their children were fast asleep and safe at home, a couple went grocery shopping only to return to find that their house has been razed by fire and their youngest child died in it.
Marakar Pekar, 45, and Masirah Berutu, 34, left Muhammad Iskandar, four, and Siti Aishah, seven, sleeping in the living hall at about 12.30am yesterday to buy vegetables and fish at the Pandan wholesale market here.
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