Form 5 student is world champion at violin competition


SIBU: A student of SMK Bukit Assek here created history by winning the classical category of the World Championship of Performing Arts (WCOPA) violin competition in the United States.

As if was not enough, Imran Azim Iskandar also took home a silver medal each in the contemporary and original works categories as well as a bronze medal each in the jazz and open categories at the competition in Anaheim, California.

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