Muhammad Hafiz, 24, son of Malay Mail’s Associate Editor Zainal Epi, was found dead in The Serpentine at London’s Hyde Park.
KUALA LUMPUR, March 26 — A 24-year-old Malaysian student at Imperial College London was found dead in a lake at Serpentine, Hyde Park yesterday. The youth has been identified as Muhammad Hafiz, based on a student card found on his person. He was the son ofOfficers from the local police station were called to the lake at 5.51am on Monday after receiving reports of a body in the lake, which they retrieved within minutes with help from the London Ambulance Service.Zainal said he received a call from the Malaysian Embassy in London at 2.30am today.
“I will be heading there tomorrow with my family. I’m not sure what really happened. I was just informed that they identified him based on the student identification card,” he said.His son has been studying chemistry there since 2015.
RIP! 😔
RIP. Imperial College some more. It’s not easy to secure places there. Ever spoke to the HOD once asking if they did keep an automated titrator there. He was a damn nice person who forwarded my email to all e staffs in the Department. So cooperative. *Reminiscing*
omg 😢