Former national footballer in need of help


KRISHNASAMY Veloo, 74, is a former Olympian who represented Malaysia at the 1972 Munich Olympics in football.

He is now an inmate of the Integrated Health Management (IHM) nursing home (formerly the Old Xaverian Association building) on Perak Road.Krishnasamy is suffering from diabetes. The toes on his left foot have been amputated. He is really a forgotten man now and relies on his pension of RM1,060 to survive.

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