Malaysian senior Pokemon Go players prove you're never too old to have fun


(From left) Thong and Tan with a friend playing Pokemon Go before the MCO. Photo: Tan Jooi Long

Retiree Tan Jooi Long spends most weekdays at the mall but he isn’t there to shop. He has more serious business to get done: collecting Pokemon with a group of fellow gamers he met in the course of playing the augmented reality game, Pokemon Go.

“I started playing Pokemon Go from day one when it launched in Malaysia on Aug 6,2016, ” says Tan, 72.

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