Boy quits school to help family but ends up paralysed after accident


Tragic fate: Ismail (second from left) and Phoong’s former employer Lo Yn Loong (left) visiting Suah and Phoong after the accident.

KULAIJAYA: Out of love for his struggling mother, a 17-year-old stopped schooling and went to work to support the family.

But fate dealt a cruel blow when a hit-and-run accident left him paralysed.

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Phoong Jun Woi , motorcycle , accident , paralysed

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