Tuesday July 22, 2008
Time robs dad of chance to donate childrens’ organs
THE father of the three siblings, who were killed in a road accident in Muar, had actually wanted to donate their organs to save other people’s lives, reported Sin Chew Daily.
However, the wish of Chen Ji Qiang could not be carried out because of the “time factor” as his children’s bodies had been lying too long in the mortuary after the accident that occurred at 6.30pm on Saturday.
When he told the hospital authorities about his intention, Chen said the reply he got was “It’s too late.”
He added that he was disappointed when being told that the organs could no longer be harvested for patients waiting for transplants.
The three siblings – Jun Liang, 11, Jun Hwa, 10, Jun Hwee, four, – together with a relative Wong Yui Yang, seven, and the maid, Kasmi, 23, were killed when the car they were in and a truck collided along the Pagoh–Parit Sulong road.
> Nanyang Siang Pau reported that the term of Chinese Ambassador to Malaysia Chen Yong Hua serving in the country would expire by the end of August.
The daily reported that Chen is scheduled to return to China after the Beijing Olympic Games 2008.
Chen said that a former government affairs councillor who had served here before would succeed him.
> China Press reported that the recent hammer assault on a student and a teacher at a top Chinese school in Johor was not a triad-related revenge.
But what irked Deputy Education Minister Dr Wee Ka Siong was that the incident revealed that security at the school was lax.
When asked whether the assailant, who is also a student in the school, would be expelled, Dr Wee said he would leave it to the school authorities to act and urged police to expedite investigations.
On Friday, the 17-year-old assailant rushed into a classroom armed with a small hammer and spanner and started hitting the 15-year-old victim on the head.
A teacher, known as Seng, who happened to be near the victim, rushed to protect the boy and she was also hit with the hammer above her right eye. Both Seng and the victim received several stitches.
- Other News & Views is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a > sign, it denotes a separate news item.
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