Woman who died in TPE accident got married just three weeks ago
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Ms Yasmin Abdullah's father described her as being perpetually cheerful, smiling despite her illness.
PHOTO: BERITA HARIAN
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SINGAPORE – They got married just three weeks ago, and it was a daily routine for Mr Muhammad Zahid Abdul Gaffar to drop his wife off at work at a dental clinic every morning.
But on Monday, tragedy struck when the motorbike they were on was in an accident, which also involved a minibus and another motorbike,
Mr Zahid, a cyber-security analyst, is currently in a stable condition, according to a Facebook post by his sister, although he has serious injuries and had to undergo multiple surgical procedures.
Ms Yasmin’s distraught father, Mr Abdullah Sunyar, 64, told Berita Harian that his daughter’s marriage on Jan 29 was the sweetest moment in her life, and that it was one of her lifelong wishes to get married. “After the wedding, she said... she wanted to continue her studies and find a house,” said the retiree.
He added that she had a diploma, but had to pause her further studies due to Crohn’s disease, an inflammatory bowel condition.
“She had to put her dreams on hold because the medication she needs is quite expensive.”
Describing Ms Yasmin, the younger of two sisters, as being perpetually cheerful, he said she was always smiling despite her illness.
Her sister, Ms Aliah Fatin, told the Malay-language newspaper that her sister was very loving.
“Losing her feels like I have lost everything. She left a great impact on not just me, but the people around her as well,” she said.
The 54-year-old driver of the minibus has been arrested for careless driving causing death.
