Ex-gambler ‘wakes up’ to help others


  • Nation
  • Sunday, 05 Nov 2017

Desmond Leong Faang Ming, 52, accompanying a 13-year-old bone cancer patient before he passed away to the illness last year.

JOHOR BARU: Six years ago, Desmond Leong was ready to kill himself after landing in debt due to his gambling addiction.

“Gambling ruined me, and in 2011, I made up my mind to take my own life.

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