Compiled by FATIMAH ZAINAL and TAN SIN CHOW
THE hardships of life have forced some teenagers to drop out of school and start working to help support their families, Kosmo! reported.
Mohd Adib, 16, said he was no longer keen to continue his education as he felt sorry seeing his brother Yatim, 19, having to work hard as a labourer with a daily income of RM50 after their parents divorced.
The two brothers are now working to ensure that their two younger siblings, aged seven and 11, can go to school.
Mohd Adib said their mother left for Kuala Lumpur after their father, Saad, 58, became bedridden due to a stroke.
“I make RM50 a day from mixing cement. The money is used to buy necessities for my father,” said Mohd Adib, who lives in Kota Baru.
In another case in Tumpat, Khairil, 14, had to drop out of school when he was in Form 1 after his father died of bowel cancer.
He now works in Pasir Mas at a shop where he helps to clean slaughtered chickens.
He said that his mother’s income of RM35 a day as a restaurant assistant was not enough to sustain their family.
His younger brother Suhaimi, 12, often has to skip school to take care of their two younger siblings, aged one and five.
In Shah Alam, Razib, 17, said he decided to quit school two years ago and start a burger business when his father had to take care of his mother who was paralysed from an accident at work.
“My father’s salary of RM2,000 as a factory worker is not enough, so I quit school to sell burgers to support my two younger siblings who are still in school,” he said.
> Comedian and film director Sabri Yunus has voiced his distress over accusations that his marriage to actress Angeline Tan was “invalid,” Harian Metro reported.
“A preacher claimed that our marriage is invalid and concluded that we would be committing adultery. This is a serious accusation,” said Sabri.
In a Facebook post, Sabri expressed his sadness that the words he expressed during the solemnisation process had become a matter of contention.
The preacher had ealier claimed that the couple did not fulfil the proper ijab and qabul speech for the solemnisation.
Sabri also pointed out that only two official witnesses were needed in a solemnisation ceremony.
He married Tan on Oct 14 in Perlis. Both of them were well known for their roles as Wan Ismail Golok and Lucy in the sitcom Pi Mai Pi Mai Tang Tu.
The above articles are 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 >, it denotes a separate news item.
