Trying times for Indonesian widow


Double tragedy: Nuraini cleaning her carpet that was soiled by the Nov 5 floods at her flat in Tanjung Bungah. Her husband Ali Raza (inset) was killed in a landslide about two weeks before the floods.

GEORGE TOWN: A 39-year-old Indonesian woman’s life is in turmoil because she lost her husband in the Tanjung Bungah construction site landslide on Oct 21 and then her house was hit by the Nov 5 floods.

Nuraini Rosanti Abdullah, 39, who is three months pregnant, is in disbelief that she could be struck by tragedy and then disaster just two weeks apart.

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