Elderly couple gets a lifeline from generous Malaysians


Ipoh Barat MCA coordinator Low Guo Nan (second from right), Ipoh Barat MCA coordinator's centre committee member Esther Tan (right), and Perak MCA committee member Jimmy Loh placing Wong Ah Boon, 66, on the new mattress and bedframe at her home in Taman Tasek Mewah on Monday .

IPOH: Yea Soon Bah, the 76-year-old who has been caring for his bedridden wife, can sleep a bit easier these days after the public pitched in to help.

“It was so stressful, not being able to earn money to take care of my wife and only relying on friends and some Good Samaritans,” said the former odd job labourer.

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