LITTLE did I realise the five-minute conversation with Khalid Ali at the University Malaya Medical Centre a week ago was to be the final farewell.
“For years I haven’t seen you,” he said, while his wife, Siti Nor Khanah Mohd Yatim and daughter Syahila were there to provide comfort.
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