Luqman nets 7As despite crippling poverty and hardship


Dressed for success: Luqman holding up his SPM results and RMC training certificate in Sungai Besi.

SUNGAI BESI: On his first day of school at the Royal Military College (RMC) in 2015, Muhammad Luqman Islam arrived at the boarding school with only the clothes on his back.

His teachers knew Luqman as the poverty-stricken boy who could not afford a pair of socks and a son who was dedicated to caring for his ailing parents.

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