Animal shelter owner gets eviction notice on day of cancer surgery


By GC TAN

ALOR SETAR: The family of Halijah Idris was dealt a double blow when they were ordered to vacate an animal shelter they were managing on the day Halijah was undergoing surgery.

Halijah's family received the notice to vacate the shelter at Kampung Ganding here on Thursday (Jan 28) on the day she was undergoing a procedure to remove her ovary at Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah after being diagnosed with stage four ovarian cancer.

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