PORT DICKSON: The eldest of three sisters who drowned here yesterday was supposed to get married in November.
R. Kalaivani, 30, the eldest of six siblings, was planning to get married to her fiancé, J. Sathiswaran, 29, in November.
The bride-to-be and two of her sisters drowned in Pantai Cahaya near here yesterday, while Sathiswaran was rescued in the incident.
Kalaivani's cousin, R. Thammanty, 30, said Kalaivani had made preparations to hold her engagement ceremony.
"Their loss is a shock to us. Kalaivani and Sathiswaran had been engaged for eight years and had been saving up for their wedding. But she and her younger sisters are now gone.
"Kalaivani and her fiance lived in Taiping, Perak, and had returned on Saturday to be with Kalaivani's family in Banting, Selangor for the holidays. My cousin and I were very close and her house is near by.
"Everything was normal when we met. She was cheerful," she told reporters at the Port Dickson Hospital's forensic unit here today.
Kalaivani's sisters who drowned were Dawige, 29, and Sathiyadevi, 19, while her brother Veeran, 26, and Sathiswaran were rescued by the public.
Thammanty said her cousins' holiday with their mother, K. Anchalay, 52, yesterday was their first in Port Dickson. Thammanty said she knew Veeran had taken the family car from the parking lot in front of the house at about 2pm. She became anxious when they were not back by nightfall.
"Then I received a phone call from my aunt, informing me that my cousins had died. I initially thought they had met with an accident, only to find out later that they had all drowned," she added. – BERNAMA