• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • RSS
  • Archives
  • Subscribe
The Nut Graph

The Nut Graph

Making Sense of Politics & Pop Culture

  • Projects
    • MP Watch
    • Found in Conversation
  • Current Issues
    • 6 Words
    • Commentary
    • Features
    • Found in Quotation
    • News
  • Columns
  • Interviews
    • Exclusives
    • Found in Malaysia
  • Multimedia
    • Audio
    • Pictures
    • Videos
  • Corrections
  • Letters to the Editor
  • Vault
    • Found in Translation

Terror attack victim Hemalatha’s funeral on 3 Dec

December 1, 2008

KUALA LUMPUR, 1 Dec 2008: The funeral of Hemalatha Kasipillay, 51, who died in the terrorist attack on the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai, will be on 3 Dec.

Her husband, K Sivakumaran, told Bernama that the funeral and cremation will only take place after the return of the couple’s children Nishalini, 19 and Dhinesh, 18, who are pursuing medicine in Volgograd, Russia, tomorrow morning.

It is learnt that the remains of Hemalatha, a customer relations manager with a German reinsurance firm, are now kept at the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre mortuary.

“The remains will be brought to Hema’s parents’ house in No. 144, Lorong Limau Manis, Bangsar, tomorrow before the funeral and final rites on Dec 3.

Initially we planned to cremate her at the Cheras Crematorium but the final decision had not been made yet,” Sivakumaran said.

Hemalatha’s remains arrived at the KL International Airport (KLIA) in Sepang on a Malaysia Airlines cargo flight at 7.20am today.

Meanwhile, Hemalatha’s younger sister, who did not want to be named, told Bernama that the family members had no comments on the incident.

“My sister is no more in the world, so what do you (media) expect me to talk about?  No one can bring her back. Only God knows our ordeal,” she cried.

Hemalatha’s charred body was found in room 637 of the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel on Saturday, more than 60 hours after terrorists caused mayhem in Mumbai.    

She was among at least 26 non-Indian nationals killed in the attacks, which left 172 people dead and 293 injured. — Bernama

 

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Hemalatha Kasipillay, Mumbai, Taj Mahal hotel, terrorist

Primary Sidebar

Search

Recent Comments

  • Wave33 on The Nut Graph stops publication
  • Adam on The Nut Graph stops publication
  • PSTan on The Nut Graph stops publication
  • PSTan on The Nut Graph stops publication
  • Andre Lai on The Nut Graph stops publication

Recent News

  • The Nut Graph stops publication
  • Nasihat tentang sepupu yang mengganggu perasaan
  • Uncommon Sense with Wong Chin Huat: The Sunni-Shia split and the answer to Muslim unity
  • Why Malaysia needs the national unity bills
  • Challenging government in the digital age: Lessons from Kidex
  • Najib’s failure
  • Babi, anjing, pondan: Jijik orang Islam Malaysia
  • Kidex and the law – What the government’s not telling you
  • Beyond Dyana Sofya
  • Uncommon Sense with Wong Chin Huat: Does Malaysia need hate speech laws?

Tags

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Anwar Ibrahim Barisan Nasional BN Bukit Selambau by-election dap Deborah Loh Ding Jo-Ann Election Commission elections Found in Malaysia Found in Quotation Gan Pei Ling government high court Hishammuddin Hussein ISA islam Jacqueline Ann Surin Khairy Jamaluddin KW Mak Lim Guan Eng Malaysia MCA Menteri Besar MP Watch Muhyiddin Yassin muslim Najib Razak Pakatan Rakyat Parliament Parti Keadilan Rakyat pas Penang Perak PKR police politics prime minister Selangor Shanon Shah Umno Wong Chin Huat Zedeck Siew

Footer

  • About The Nut Graph
  • Who Are We?
  • Our Contributors
  • Past Contributors
  • Guest Contributors
  • Editorial Policy
  • Comments & Columns
  • Copyright Policy
  • Web Accessibility Policy
  • Privacy Policy
The Nut Graph

© 2025 The Nut Graph