Compiled by FATIMAH ZAINAL and C. ARUNO
AFTER eight years apart, veteran rocker Awie (pic) was finally reunited with two of his children from a previous marriage for Hari Raya Aidiladha, reported Harian Metro.The singer, whose real name is Datuk Ahmad Azhar Othman, uploaded a picture of his get-together with his 15-year-old son and 13-year-old daughter at a hotel.
They were also joined by Awie’s wife Datin Sharifah Ladyana Syed Samsuddin and their son, as well as Awie’s three other children.
“Thank you, God, for listening to my prayers. After being separated for so long, I finally got to meet my children.
“Tears are a witness. My children for life and afterlife. May this be a good starting point for all,” he wrote on Facebook.
Earlier, Awie told the daily that this year’s Aidiladha celebration was the most meaningful as he might be able to meet his children under the care of his ex-wife Rozana Misbun.
He also has a third child with Rozana, and that child lives with him. He married Rozana in 2005 but they divorced in 2014.
Awie also has two children from his first marriage to singer Arni Nazira.
He married Sharifah Ladyana in 2016 with whom he had a son in 2020.
> It took 30 men to bring down a one-tonne cow for the Hari Raya Aidiladha sacrifice at Kampung Beris, Kelantan, reported Utusan Malaysia.
Its owner Mohd Khairul Hazwan Hashim, 30, had reared the cow, worth RM25,000 of the Limousine cattle breed, for the past three years.
“I intended to make this cow a sacrificial animal for the Aidiladha celebrations.
That dream finally came true this time, he said
“With the help of Koperasi Laksamana members, we all worked together to carry out the livestock sacrifice which started as early as 8.30am,” he said.
He added that although the cow was quite large, the villagers did not face any problem because it was a docile animal.
“This made the slaughtering work easier,” he said, adding that all the beef was distributed to the poor and nearby residents.
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.
