Senseless tragedy: Mimi Julia holding up a phone with a picture of her late son at her family’s residence in Taman Chepor Sentosa, Chemor. — Bernama
IPOH: Mohammad Zaharif Affendi Muhd Zamrie, who died in an accident involving a senior police officer, was preparing to perform Friday prayers when the incident took place.
His elder brother Zarul Fitri Muhd Zamrie, 29, said it was the teenager’s routine to meet up with his friends after school every Friday in front of a nearby mosque on their motorcycles while waiting for the prayer session to start.
“Maybe it was the last day of school, he must have been excited to see his friends and celebrate by getting together in front of the mosque before performing the Friday prayers,” he said when met by the media at his residence yesterday.
On Friday, the Form Five student of SMK Jati here was riding on a motorcycle when he got into an accident with a car driven by a cop attached to the Kedah police headquarters, near his school around 12.40pm.
The incident went viral on social media and following that, the 44-year-old police officer was arrested and remanded for three days until tomorrow to assist in the probe, Bernama reported.
Mohammad Zaharif Affendi’s mother Mimi Julia Ismail, 50, described her youngest son as a very kind person, who would not say no to anyone asking for help.
“He was gifted with the ability to repair motorcycles and often helped his friends repair their machines. His dream was to open a motorcycle workshop one day,” she said in tears.
Mimi Julia, who runs a restaurant about 100m from the accident scene, said she could see there was an accident but only knew that the victim was her son after being informed by a customer.
“I didn’t have the heart to go (to the scene) to see his condition. I didn’t even go to the mortuary,” she said.
The mother said she noticed a change in her youngest son’s habits a week ago when he began eating late at night.
“I chided him because he was gaining weight and the habit was not healthy.
“He finished up my milk in the fridge and ate instant noodles in the middle of the night. It was only now that I realised the change... after he was gone.
“It was a sign he was leaving,” she added.
Her daughter, Nur Zawanie Muhd Zamrie, a 28-year-old nurse, said she was heading to work and rushed to the scene after learning that the accident involved her brother.
“When I held him, he was still alive but restless. He only said his chest hurt and that he could not see before he lost consciousness.
“I attempted cardiopulmonary resuscitation on him while waiting for the ambulance to arrive but he could not be saved,” she said.
Nur Zawanie said the family requested that the investigation be carried out transparently even though the incident involved a senior cop.
“I want justice for my brother,” she said, adding that the family plans to engage a lawyer to pursue the matter.
