Wednesday March 14, 2007
Family in dire need of help
IPOH: A fall in the bathroom last September has turned 39-year-old Thong Wee Chong into an invalid.
The incident had rendered the carpenter paralysed on the right side of his body. He has also lost the ability to speak.
 |
Hard life: Wee Chong trying his best to communicate with Tan at the family home in Ipoh. With them are Augustini and the couple’s daughters Joo Yen and Joo Ying. |
“He had just finished his shower when he slipped and fell, hitting his head hard. The doctors could do nothing for him,” said Wee Chong’s wife, Augustini Tampubolom.
“He had gone to help his brother-in-law in Kuala Lumpur at the time of the fall to earn more money to support us. Now, we have to support him instead,” said the 28-year-old.
She was relating her plight to Ipoh Barat MCA chief Datuk Tan Chin Meng who visited the family at their home in Wing Onn Garden here yesterday.
The Medan-born Augustini said she was so busy caring for her husband and children that she had no time to work.
They are now depending on the meagre earnings of Wee Chong’s 69-year-old father, Chee Beng, who is also a carpenter.
She said she had not had the opportunity to visit her sickly father in Medan for the past five years.
Tan said those willing to help the family can send their donations to Thong Chee Beng and address it to Perak MCA, 90-92, Tingkat 1, Jalan Sultan Idris Shah, 30000, Ipoh, Perak.
He added that those sending cheques should write them out in the name of Thong Chee Beng.
News Poll
- Court ruling takes bite out of local council summonses
- Chin Peng apologises for death of innocents
- Girl and stepmum held over bid to kill first wife
- Biggest karaoke session a blast
- New evidence on MCA snoop squad case arrives at doorstep
- Teoh's second autopsy completed 3.15pm
- Victim’s dad nabs kidnapper
- Teoh’s body exhumed for second autopsy today
- Foreigner falls to her death from condominium
- Malaysians must get regular dental checks
- Court ruling takes bite out of local council summonses
- Chin Peng apologises for death of innocents
- Malaysians must get regular dental checks
- No licence to try offenders
- Big impact in ‘small’ man’s win
- New evidence on MCA snoop squad case arrives at doorstep
- Stop blanket approval for outsourcing, says union
- Weapons drawn for new battle
- Johor set to be a medical hub
- Joy for 2,500 housebuyers as SPNB takes over project
RSS
