SIPITANG, July 22 -- Noraidah Lamat recalled that her daughter, Zara Qairina Mahathir, had always asked for 'kek batik' in the weeks before her death.

"For about a month, she kept asking for 'kek batik'. I prepared it in two or three containers - one for her, one for her friends, and one for her roommates," said Noraidah at their home in Kampung Kalamauh, about 7km from Sipitang town, on Monday.

"She always wanted to eat out, but at home, it was always kek batik. In fact, the Sunday before she returned to her hostel, she cooked 'roti telur'. That was the last meal she made at home," added the 45-year teacher whose daughter passed away last Thursday after she fell from a third-floor dormitory in Papar a day earlier.

"I was surprised. sh...