PENAMPANG: Despite the late Monica Ting being hailed as a hero for attempting to deliver food to flood victims, her husband has asked the public to stop circulating stories and pictures about them.
"We are thankful for the concern that people have shown us, but please stop circulating our stories.
"We are just normal citizens doing our duty (in delivering food for customers).
"It should stop there as it might affect our children too. We have two children, aged 9 and 15, who have learnt about their mother's death," said the Sarawakian at a funeral parlour here.
Ting, 37, was found dead on Monday near the town here after being swept away by floodwaters at 9pm the previous day.
Hii added that both of them received a request from a customer for food delivery at 6pm on Sunday.
Despite the flooding at that time, they tried driving to the area to fulfil the request.
"But when we arrived, it was difficult to go there, and we had to inform the customer about the cancellation.
"When we tried to leave, the traffic was so bad that we decided to stay until 9pm.
"When we walked out, the floodwaters were just about knee-deep, but suddenly a gush of water came.
"I tried to stand up, but my wife could not and was swept away by the currents," said Hii.