SINGAPORE -Pious, loving and cheerful - this is how relatives remember Haji Abu Bakar Osman, who died in a bus accident in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, while carrying out his minor pilgrimage or umrah.
The 64-year-old director of Abu Bakar Travel Services - the family-run travel agency behind the trip - was killed when the bus ferrying him and 30 others met with an accident on Tuesday (March 20) while on the way to the city of Taif.
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