Memories haunt parents of electrocuted daughters

Compiled by JAROD LIM and FAZLEENA AZIZ

ALTHOUGH it has been three years since the death of his daughters due to electrocution, the incident is still fresh in the mind of Mohd Nadzir Mohamed, reported Berita Harian.

The incident has changed him and his wife Zainun Sulaiman, 63, who witnessed all three lying dead in floodwaters on Dec 19 last year.

The three sisters died of electric shock after one of them reportedly held on to a electricity pole.

The recent monsoon season has reignited memories of his three children, Nurul Syazwani Mohd Nadzir, 33, Sakinah, 29, and Noor Fathiah, 27, as the tragic incident happened when the women were watching the floodwaters and taking pictures with their handphones not far from their home in Kampung Bendang Surau, Morak in Tumpat, Kelantan.

“Every day, I always recite tahlil (prayers) alone for them because there is nothing else that can be given except my prayer,” said Mohd Nadzir, 68.

He visits the graves of his three children at the Kampung Morak cemetery every Friday morning.

Zainun said the absence of her three daughters makes their house feel empty.

She said her five sons are also affected by the passing of their sisters, who diligently cared for everyone in the house.

> Actress and businesswoman Neelofa feels that she will be concentrating more on her business and her second pregnancy than acting, Mingguan Malaysia reported.

She added that having two young children is not easy if she wants to act again.

“Perhaps when there is time and opportunity as well as a script, why not?” she said.

Neelofa also said that she would look at the moral of the dramas she is interested in acting in and the message they convey.

She is also thinking of opening her own production house, but it is not as easy as she thought it would be.

“Having my own production house will enable me to create my own scripts and filming times. But, now is not the time to do it,” she added.

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.