Help pours in for family of boy who drowned in Kallang River while fishing
SINGAPORE – Madam Siti always kept her two-room rental flat in Bukit Merah tidy and made sure her three sons had enough to be happy about.Hari Raya Aidilfitri – a celebration marking the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan - was especially important for the 41-year-old Indonesian and her family, with homes to visit and relatives to see.But not this year.Madam Siti spent March 21 at Choa Chu Kang Cemetery with two of her sons, aged 14 and 11.They were there to remember and grieve: Her son, Muhammed Qayyim Daniel Putra Rosli, or Qayyim as he was affectionately known, is buried there.The 13-year-old drowned in the Kallang River on Feb 25 while fishing with friends.Madam Siti's husband, Qayyim's Singaporean father, is not around, and she has had to bear the burden of raising the family and the grief over her son's death on her own.«Qayyim's mother is still sad and grieving. She's not ready to face the media,» said the boy's uncle, who gave his name only as Mr Sham.«But I am grateful that we all managed to visit Qayyim at the cemetery on the first day of Hari Raya.»