Teen saves deaf parents in storm
2009/07/13
ALOR STAR: If not for their 15-year-old daughter, Azizan Ahmad, his wife Bashah Bahari and their 11-day-old son may have been seriously injured, or worse.
The couple were sleeping blissfully unaware that a storm had ripped away the roof of their home in Kampung Sri Muda, early yesterday.
Blissfully unaware because they are both deaf and mute.
But their teenage daughter, Siti Nur Izani, has no such impairment. She was awakened by a loud ripping sound about 4.45am.
“I knew something bad was going to happen when the storm brought such heavy rains and strong winds.
“When I heard the sound of the roof being ripped away, I ran to the other room and immediately alerted my parents.
“I grabbed my newborn brother Muhammad Adam Syafi and together, we went to seek shelter at my grandfather’s house nearby,” said Siti Nur Izani.
Yesterday’s storm blew off the roofs of another five houses, leaving some 30 people having to seek shelter elsewhere. However, no one was hurt in the incident.
Relative claims deaf-mute murder victim and son had argued
By FARIK ZOLKEPLI
JOHOR BARU: The body of a 47-year-old deaf-mute woman was found bundled up in a travel bag placed underneath the kitchen sink at her home in Kampung MIC.
Police are looking for her 22-year-old son to facilitate investigations, with a relative claiming the son had acted suspiciously on Monday when she was reported missing.
The relative also claimed the mother and son had an argument recently.
A police K9 unit discovered the body of K. Malina, 47, at her home in the squatter settlement at 7.30am here yesterday.
She was believed to have been dead for less than 24 hours.
“The body was fully clothed with some traces of blood. However, we did not discover any wounds on the body,” said Seri Alam OCPD Supt Roslan Zainuddin, adding that the body had been sent to Sultanah Aminah Hospital for post-mortem.
Malina had lived with her husband, two sons and two grandchildren, he added.
Malina’s younger brother, who only wished to be known as Chandran, 41, said his sister had been arguing with the son over the purchase of a motorcycle a few days ago.
“My sister had planned to buy a car for her other son using her husband’s Employees Provident Fund (EPF) money.
“This son then asked her to buy him a motorcycle but she said she would do so when she gets her own EPF money,” he said.
Chandran said that when asked about his mother, the son had claimed she had gone to a relative’s house.
