Good Samaritan: Tong Sim Senior Citizens Care Centre founder Cheong Loy checking on a senior citizen at the premises in Jalan Dewan Bahasa, Kuala Lumpur. The coffinmaker who runs the funeral parlour at the Kwong Tong Cemetery in Sg Besi started taking in abandoned elderly folk more than a decade ago.
EXCLUSIVE: KUALA LUMPUR: At first sight, it seems like most of them were just waiting to die.
The “normal” ones wear a forlorn look while those with mental illness stare into space.
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