BENTONG: The adopted brother of Saeed Mohamad Mohamud Abdalla, the Transnasional bus passenger who was killed in an accident today, described the Somalian as “more like a twin than a friend”.
Muhammad Zaki Omar, 29, said although they were both busy with their own lives after graduating from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) in Skudai, Johor, they never failed to keep in touch with each other.
“Saeed was more like a twin to me than a friend. Over the years, he had become part of my family,” he said when met at Bentong Hospital mortuary today.
Saeed Mohamad and his Malaysian wife Zarifah Alias were killed when the bus they were travelling in crashed along Jalan Bentong-Raub early this morning.
Zaki said he immediately drove down from Butterworth after he received a call from his father about the crash at 7am today.
"Initially, we thought he was the only one involved in the accident and that his wife was safe. But later, another relative informed me that both of them were killed in the accident.
"It was really very depressing for all of us as Saeed and Zarifah had gotten married in December and she was four months pregnant," Zaki said adding that he was the best-man for their wedding.
Zaki said Saeed, who was currently doing his doctorate of philosophy (PhD) at UTM Skudai was also very involved in a religious based NGO and even taught Quran at Setiawangsa once a week.
“He liked our country and was actually in the process of applying for his PR,” he said.
Zarifah on the other hand had graduated from a university in Australia in Biomedical studies.
Saeed and Zarifah's remains were claimed by Zaki and his family to be brought to Kota Baru for burial.
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