Compiled by JO TIMBUONG, C. ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN
A MALAYSIAN nurse serving in Saudi Arabia was overwhelmed with emotion when he was selected to be among the 263 Malaysians there given the chance to perform the haj, Harian Metro reported.
Ahmad Najhan Hassim (pic), 30, a surgical nurse at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Jeddah, said he put in his application to perform one of the tenets of Islam last year under the hospital staff quota but was unsuccessful.
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