Drummers beat the odds with mesmerising musical display


deaf drummers having their practice session together for inspiring story. team leader joseph liew (3rd from left), mackey chua (middle) and albert law (3rd from right) with their drum crew posing for photograph.

KUALA LUMPUR: Watching Joseph Liew vigorously pounding on the Chinese drums, nobody would think that he can’t hear what his audience is enjoying.

The 30-year-old is deaf, as are the rest of his team mates in DeafBeat Malaysia.

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