USM student killed in road accident
PENANG: He was due to join other university heads at a meeting with their new “boss” in the Higher Education Ministry.
However, just as he touched down at the KL International Airport, Universiti Malaysia Sabah vice-chancellor Prof Datuk Mohd Noh Dalimin received a shocking message that forced him to fly to Penang.
His 24-year-old daughter, Maryam (pic), an architecture student at the Universiti Sains Malaysia, has been killed in a road accident at the campus.
Cancelling his meeting with Datuk Mustapa Mohamad, he ended up at the Penang Hospital mortuary to claim her body. Her remains were taken to Kam-pung Sungai Ramal Dalam in Kajang, Selangor, for burial.
Maryam died at about 5.20pm on Saturday after her motorcycle crashed into a road divider. She suffered head injuries.
Prof Mohd Noh, who was too distraught to speak to the media, had taken a flight from Kota Kinabalu the same day to join his colleagues in the Federal capital for a meeting with the newly appointed Higher Education Minister.
USM deputy vice-chancellor (student affairs and development) Assoc Prof Datuk Jamaludin Mohaiadin said Mar-yam was on her way to the Housing, Building and Planning School from her hostel when the accident occurred.
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