Elderly woman prioritises solitude with cats
Compiled by JUSTIN ZACKN, C.ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN
AT the age of 85, Sepiah Ibrahim lives alone in Kemaman, Terengganu, with only cats for company despite her frail state.
She is barely mobile and relies on others for help with her medication, Kosmo! reported.
Her nephew Mohamad Sulaiman, who refers to her as 'Mek Su', said his aunt had been dealing with mental health issues since the loss of her baby decades ago.
'Her husband left her not long after,' said Mohamad, 68.
He said Mek Su had a motorcycle accident during her younger days which caused her nerve injuries.
However, she refuses to move in with other relatives.
'What I can do now is to send her food, clean her house and send her to collect her medication from Kemaman Hospital,' he said.
> Malaysian singer and actress Elizabeth Tan (pic) was moved when she found out that a stranger had prayed for her well-being at a mosque, Harian Metro reported.
'I feel appreciated. I'm lucky. I feel loved,' she said.
Apparently, she found out about it from a social media posting that the man had prayed that she would become a mother soon.
Tan, 31, married a businessman in 2021.
Known also as Lizzy, Tan won the Best Supporting Actress award at the Malaysian Film Festival last year for her role in the movie Sheriff: Narko Integriti.
(The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.)
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