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Archives | the Star Online Our Sites Share More UPDATED EVERY 5 MINUTES ! News Business Sport Metro Tech Lifestyle Opinion Videos Property Jobs Autos More Archives Home > Archives Monday December 1, 2008 Hema’s hubby hopes to find some of her last words BY NELSON BENJAMIN AND LESTER KONG MUMBAI: Hema Kasipillay was fond of writing notes to her family and her husband is ADVERTISEMENT hoping to find some at the Taj Mahal Hotel where she died. “I’m hoping to find out what her thoughts were in those last moment. I hope those checking Room 637 will go through it carefully,” said K. Sivakumaran when met outside a funeral parlour here yesterday. He said that when his wife had gone for heart surgery she had written him a note detailing his duties if anything should happen to her. Sivakumaran said he had yet to talk to his children, who were in Russia, about their mother but that arrangements had been made for them to return home. View Sample Most Viewed Aircraft debris confirmed to be from MH370 MH370: Andrew Nari’s daughter inconsolable MH370: What happens to debris when a plane crashes in the ocean? MH370: Prime Minister’s statement ‘No need for PM to reveal donor details’ Final preparations: Workers sealing Hema Kasipillay’s casket at the funeral parlour in MH370: Victim’s father surprised by PM’s Mumbai for the journey back to Malaysia. announcement “I do not know what to tell them. I could not even talk properly to my mother yesterday,” Sarawak Report editor given police protection in he said. London Sivakumaran said he had been pre​pared for the worst when he went from hospital to University student killed in seven-storey plunge hospital with her photograph but could not find her. 11-year-old girl might be youngest Malaysian mother “My nightmare came true when the hotel called to say the body of a woman who Don’t take advantage of positions, Dr Ahmad matched Hema’s photograph was found in the room,” he said. Zahid tells Perak ministers He said the post-mortem showed his wife had died from smoke inhalation and that the body was slightly burnt. There had been a fire on the sixth floor during the siege. Latest News Sivakumaran, who is also a committee member in the Malaysia Red Cre​scent Society, thanked the Malaysian consular office here, friends, relatives and well-wishers. He Syria's Western-backed opposition added that a family friend had come forward with 60,000 rupees (RM4,400) to bring the due in Moscow next week - source body back. Looting and violence on the rise in In KUALA LUMPUR, Hema’s sister-in-law paid tribute to the woman who had had two Venezuela supermarkets heart surgeries and a no-nonsense attitude to life. Mauritania frees wanted senior Malian Islamist “Her biggest ambition was to see her two children – Nishalini, 19 and Dhinesh, 18 – insurgent through their studies at the Volgograd State Medical University to become doctors,” South Sudan's warring sides resume talks under said Jaya Pushani Ponnudurai, who is married to Hema’s eldest brother Kalai Selvan. sanctions threat “She had a congenital heart problem. But that didn’t stop her from leading an Obama's choice on Iran deal 'absurd' - U.S. industrious life. She never used her poor health as an excuse for anything,” said Jaya Senate leader McConnell when met at Hema’s home in Bangsar yesterday. “It was less than three months ago that Hema sent her two children off to their studies Trending in People in Russia. Brian Chen loves to cook! “Hema brought them up well and like their mother, they have strong characters. We pray that they can handle this.” Miss Universe Malaysia 2013 According to her nephew Mohan Thangaraja, Sivakumaran will arrive at KL Carey Ng on balancing life and International Airport with Hema’s remains at 7.20am. career Bobbi Kristina laid to rest next to her mum, Whitney Houston 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% The curious phenomenon that is Tom Cruise's love life Watch: Stunt rider surfs monster waves on his motorbike Powered by Topics MH370 MH17 1MDB Investment Guide Global Malaysians Asean ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT What you missed Chaos unfolds at rally Nazir posts picture of MACC: RM2.6bil in Fire breaks out in 'Priest' acquitted of 11-year-old girl might near Sogo 'last supper' Najib's account from... Bukit Aman having sex with... be youngest... SITE MAP SUBSCRIPTIONS COMPANY INFO OUR SITES SEARCH THE STAR ONLINE Home The Star newspaper About Us Star2.com Search Videos Other Publications Contact Us myStarjob.com News RSS Feeds Job Opportunities Carsifu CONNECT WITH US Business OTHER EDITIONS Investor Relations StarProperty.my Sport ePaper FAQs Propwall Metro Mobile ADVERTISING iBilik Lifestyle SMS Services View Our Rate Card Star SMEBiz Tech R.AGE MAGAZINES POLICIES Opinion mStar Kuntum Privacy Statement Kuali Flavours Terms of Use Leaderonomics SwitchUp.TV Powered by Content Partner Our Radio Stations Copyright © 1995-2015 Star Media Group Berhad (ROC 10894D) (Formerly known as Star Publications (Malaysia) Berhad).
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