PETALING JAYA: When news broke about the death of his son, Konst Muhammad Syafiq, Ahmad Said Md Piah thought it was a made-up story.
It was only after a call from the police did the 65-year-old only did he realise that was his son, the seventh among eight siblings, had truly died in the Ulu Tiram police station attack incident.
“I had initially thought that people had made up stories or that it was a scam,” said the man who was at his farm when he received the tragic news.
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“There was a call to inform me of the incident but it was hard for me to believe when (the caller) said that my son, Muhammad Syafiq had been shot and died. It was hard to believe the news.
“When I went home and asked Muhammad Syafiq’s elder brother who is a policeman in Kuala Lumpur to verify the news. He confirmed that my son was shot,” said the tearful Ahmad Said when met at his house, reported Bernama.
The army pensioner said Muhammad Syafiq had always wanted to be a policeman and was passionate about his career.
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“He quit his studies in forensics at a college just to join the police force and serve the country,” he said.
Meanwhile, in Tapah, Perak, Constable Ahmad Azza Fahmi Azhar’s eldest sister Nur Azza Assyaqiren Azhar, 29, said her fourth sibling was behaving strangely and spoke a lot about death on WhatsApp before he died.
"He posted about death every day, for the last two weeks.
"I felt it was strange, but I didn't think he would leave us. I didn't think this would happen. When I found out about the incident, I couldn't imagine how he was at the time," she said tearfully when met by reporters at her residence in Kampung Poh Tambahan, Bidor on Friday (May 17).
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Nur Azza Assyaqiren said the deceased had an interest in the police force and even worked hard to enter the force, to make their parents proud of him.
She said the family was shocked by the incident adding that they did not expect the deceased to be a victim.
She said their father immediately took the mother to Johor upon receiving information about what happened to her brother.
Meanwhile, the deceased's younger sister, Nur Azza Assyufia Azhar, 16, said her brother had wanted to buy her a mobile phone.
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"He told me that he was going to take me to buy a new phone... I was surprised when I was at school and suddenly called to the office and was told that my brother had died this morning," she said.
The student from Batang Padang District Religious High School said her brother had advised her to study hard and help their mother.
