He just can’t play like the rest


Doing her part: Liow handing over items, including cash and a few months’ worth of medical supplies, to Noor Halimatun at her home in Bandar Seri Alam, Johor Baru. With them are Hazril, his brother Muhammad Hareez Fitri Hizar, 11, and sister Noor Halisya Irdina Hizar, 12.

JOHOR BARU: While other children fully and freely enjoy their childhood, seven-year-old Muham­mad Hazril Mikhail Hizar is unable to due to a rare skin disease.

The boy suffers from epidermolysis bullosa or EB, a rare genetic connective tissue disorder that makes his skin fragile – blistering and tearing easily.

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