Water surge tragedy: Azizah invited entire family to the picnic but we were busy, says sister


CHUKAI: Siti Aisyah Eiyi, 39, said she had to turn down the invitation by her sister Azizah, 40, one of the victims of the water surge tragedy, to join a picnic at Jeram Air Putih here on Saturday, due to work commitments.

Siti Aisyah, when met at the operations control centre at the Air Putih police station here, said her sister had also invited her family, their mother Halimah Kassim, 60, and their other siblings to picnic there several times before.

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