Elderly man living alone in need of care
Depressed: Foong had contemplated taking his own life, according to NGO volunteers who visited him in Kampung Kemuning, Perak. SUNGAI SIPUT: In a dilapidated house in Kampung Kemuning, Foong Ngan Cheong would sit idly for hours, just waiting for the day to end. Looking frail, the 73-year-old is said to have suffered a stroke many years ago and could only partially remember his past. “I was a former construction worker and used to work in Singapore. “I have high blood pressure and suffered a stroke, ” he said when met at his home here. “As I was no longer fit for work, I returned here,...