Ordinary families go from frustration to desperation


KUALA LUMPUR: What was supposed to have been a joyous occasion on the first day of Chinese New Year turned out to be the opposite for Lee Saw Tuan and her family after her 83-year-old mother-in-law hurt herself in the bathroom.

Lee said her mother-in-law had deliberately hit her head against the bathroom wall because she was frustrated that she had no domestic helper to look after her.

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