He wanted to be a pilot, says mum of teen killed at basketball court


Bereaved: Rahimah looking at mementos of Mohd Ridwan, whose photo is seen on this phone screen (right). — The Straits Times/ANN

AFTER returning home late from the basketball court, the lanky teenage boy could usually be heard singing pop songs and playing the keyboard in his room, or screaming at his laptop during gaming sessions with his friends.

This often went on past 11pm, when his mother Rahimah Lee Abdullah, 62, would leave for her night shift as a petrol station attendant in Pasir Ris.

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