Dad declines donations as monetary help floods in


Enterprising: Cheong tending to some customers at the night market in Taman Johor Jaya, Johor Baru.

JOHOR BARU: Financial and emotional support has been pouring in for a 66-year-old father who travels across the straits every week just so he can spend 15 minutes with his jailed son.

After his story was published in The Star on Feb 27, vegetable seller Cheong Kah Pin said he has been receiving calls from kind-hearted strangers throughout the country who are offering not just words of encouragement but also money for him to buy a new motorcycle.

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