"I had a dream about them" — daughter dreamt of family before bodies found
In the dream, she said, her father, Mohamad Azim Izat Ishak, appeared to her and reassured her with a message she will never forget.
"Don't be afraid, we will look after you from a distance. Many will care for you," he said.
"When I woke up, I was in shock," she said quietly, seated beside her aunt at the Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital's Forensics Department today.
The dream soon became a painful reality.
Her father, 32; mother Nurul Hidayah Khadijah Razman Efendi, 31; and four younger siblings — Putra Rayyan Nur, 9; Hawa Adriana Nur, 8; Annayla Humaira Nur, 7; and six-month-old Tuah Haydar — were all found dead, their bodies huddled together at the back of a car submerged in Sungai Korok, Jitra.
The family had been reported missing since Saturday. They were last seen visiting relatives in Taman Aman, Jitra on Friday evening.
The tragedy is believed to have occurred as they were making their way home to Jerlun.
Qisya, the eldest child and now the only surviving member of her immediate family, had stayed behind that night with relatives in Jerlun.
"At first, I wanted to follow them, but I felt tired. Usually, I would go along, but that night I was just a bit lazy. They let me stay at my grandmother's house in Jerlun.
"When I woke up, I saw the news… they were all gone," she said.
She also shared that in the days leading up to the tragedy, her siblings had been unusually close to each other.
Qisya will now live with her aunt, Nur Adliah Shuhada Ishak, 26, at their home in Taman Aman.
The family is expected to be laid to rest at the Muslim cemetery in Kampung Bohor Karang, Ayer Hitam, later today.
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