Queen visits old friend 'Kak Ton' in Kelantan


KOTA BARU: Her Majesty Raja Zarith Sofiah, Queen of Malaysia, visited her longtime friend Zaiton Hashim, affectionately known as "Kak Ton", in Kelantan on Wednesday (May 22).

According to a post on Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar's official Facebook page, the friendship between Raja Zarith Sofiah and Kak Ton began through the illness of the latter's daughter, the late Samihah Suradin (Mimi), who suffered from encephalomyelitis and passed away in 2000.

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