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- ↑ "Sebuah legasi yang terus mekar". Berita Harian (in Malay). 25 May 2007. p. 8.
- 1 2 "Manfaat '3 dalam 1' bagi peserta korban di Masjid Sallim Mattar". Berita Minggu (in Malay). 5 October 2014. p. 9.
