A bond he didn’t expect


PETALING JAYA: When lawyer Ahmad Zaharil Muhaiyar (pic) helped a poor mother charged with shoplifting 25 years ago, little did he know that his gesture would one day bring two families of different religious backgrounds together.

It was 1998 and Ahmad Zaharil was a lawyer in his 30s.

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