Fauziah Rauf Laid To Rest In Selayang

KUALA LUMPUR, May 25 (Bernama) -- Veteran journalist Fauziah Rauf, who died early today, was buried at the Selayang Baru Muslim cemetery here at 2.30 pm.

More than 200 people, comprising family members, relatives, and friends, including renowned lyricist Datuk Habsah Hassan, came to pay their last respects.

The former Utusan Malaysia journalist, who founded the Malaysian Entertainment Writers and Journalists Association (WHAM), is survived by four children and 13 grandchildren.

Sharing memories of his mother, Firhat Yasir Omar Sudi, 46, said he had always been especially close to her as the youngest child, and had continued living with her up until her passing.

“I’m saddened that I wasn’t there when my mother fell after performing ablution for the maghrib prayers yesterday,” he told Bernama.

Firhat Yasir said he was shocked to find his mother lying face down and unconscious in front of the bathroom after returning home from picking up his child.

“I carried her to the bed and found that she still had a pulse. I immediately contacted the hospital, and she was taken to Selayang Hospital for further treatment.

“However, her time had come. The doctor later informed us that she passed away at 1 am,” he said.

Meanwhile, her eldest daughter, Nilly Wahida, 54, said she would greatly miss her mother’s sense of humour.

Fauziah, who was one of Malaysia’s earliest female editors, died at the hospital due to a brain haemorrhage. She was 81.

With over two decades of experience at Utusan Malaysia, Fauziah was a pioneering figure and the first Malaysian woman to publish newspapers and magazines such as ‘Mingguan Famili’, ‘Pentas Dunia’ and ‘Hawa’ during the 1980s.

-- BERNAMA