Gone before the wedding

Grief stricken: Shahrizal waters the grave of his brother Muhammad Fikri with rose water after the burial at the Kampung Parit Kuda Islamic Cemetery in Batu Pahat. Johor. — Bernama

BATU PAHAT: Muhammad Fikri Saliman had worked two to three jobs to save enough money for his wedding before a water surge at Jeram Air Putih in Kemaman tragically took his life.

“He was very determined, even before he got engaged he was already working very hard,” said Muhammad Fikri’s elder brother, Shahrizal, 40, when met at the funeral at Kampung Parit Kuda in Semerah here yesterday.