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OCTOBER.23. 2016:+,~-:1_9,NEW SUND.W TIMESNEWSMaizulina was so closeMASTER'S DEGREE INCOMMUNICATION: Shedied of 'leukemia fivedays before convocationARFAYUNUSKUALA LUMPURnews@nst.com.myJUST four more days and MaizulinaZulkeply, 33, would have received hermaster's degree scroll herself; but due tounforeseen circumstances, her father, Zulke-ply Harun, 60, had to accept the scroll on herbehalf.Maizulina was diagnosed with leukemialast month after completing her Master's de-gree in Communication."Wenoticed that she had started losing herhalr and looked pale. We found out about herillness in September and she started going fortreatment. She seemed energetic. Even dur-ing Hari Raya, she ate normally and spenttime with her siblings as usual. ."But, on Oct 18,,at 1.25am, she left us. I washolding her in my arms when she died," saidZulkeply at Universlti Putra Malaysia's (UPM)40th convocation.The convocation was 'presided over by Sul-tan of Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin ldrisShah, who met Maizulina's parents after theceremony. .Her .mother, Maimunah Abd Samad, 59,said on the night when her daughter died, they had always wanted.were talking like it was any other day. "She did say before she died that If she got"It was a normal mother-daughter conver- - better, she wanted to pursue her PhD."sation," she said briefly while holding back her Sultan Sharafuddin, in his speech, expressedtears. . his happiness over UPM's achievements.Zulkeply said although the family was UPM is the 270th ,best university in thesad over her passing, they were proud of world, according to the QS World UniversityMaizulina because she had achieved what she - Rankings 2016.Sultan of SelangorSultan- 'Sharafuddin'~drls Shah=oresenunz a'master's degreescroll to zulkeplynaru«, father of .the late MaizulinaZulkeply, atUniversiti PutraMalaysia inSerdang, Selangor,o yesterday. With, them areMaizulina'smother,MaimunahAbdulSamad(second from left)and UPM Vice-Chancellor DatinDr Aini Idem(right). Pic byRosela Ismail"UPMwas recognised by Thompson Reutersas the most innovative university in the coun-try and the third in Southeast Asia. -"The first silver medal for Malaysia in therecent Olympic Games in Rio was also scoredby a ,UPMstudent. Congratulations to the uni-.versity for all of its achievements," SultanSharafuddin said. - +

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