IPOH: It has been a daily affair for Foong Kong Faat, 65, to drop and pick his granddaughter from a secondary school at Jalan Raja Permaisuri Bainun.
However, on Feb 19, Foong Pooi Yee, 15, did not walk out of the school compound when he went to pick her up.
At a loss: Lee relating her predicament to Chan (left) as Perak MCA Youth Public Services and Complaints Bureau chief Tony Khoo takes down notes.Kong Fatt later found out that Pooi Yee was absent from school though he had dropped her off that morning.
“I sent her to school and I saw her walking in, but when I wanted to pick her up later in the afternoon, she was nowhere to be found,” he told reporters at the Perak MCA headquarters yesterday.
Kong Faat said since Pooi Yee’s disappearance he had been having sleepless nights.
“My wife and I have been caring for Pooi Yee since she was three. Her parents are divorced,” he said, adding that his granddaughter was her usual quiet self the day she went missing.
“I am worried about her as she needs to take her pills daily due to her heart condition,” he said, adding that calls over her mobile phone went unanswered.
Pooi Yee: The student has been missing since Feb 19.A missing person’s report was lodged at the Simpang Pulai police station on Feb 20.
Perak MCA Public Services and Complaints Bureau chief Alex Chan appealed to those with information of Pooi Yee’s whereabouts to contact the nearest police station.
He said the MCA would also put up Pooi Yee’s pictures at MCA offices in the state.
The bureau is also appealing for donations on behalf of former hawker Lee Kooi Ying, 56, who is suffering from fourth stage colon cancer. She found out about it two years ago.
Lee thought she could start life afresh after leaving her abusive husband 10 years ago but fate dealt her a cruel blow.
“I spent most of my life savings at a private hospital to remove the growth in my colon and forced to leave the hospital when I ran out of money,” said Lee, who is now receiving treatment at Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun here.
“A friend provides me with shelter and food while neighbours give me money,” she said, adding that she had not seen her six children, aged between 24 and 30, since their last visit at the hospital two years ago.
Lee, whose monthly expense was RM700, appealed for public donations, adding that she currently received RM300 aid from the State Welfare Department.
Chan said donors should send cheques payable to the bureau with Lee’s name written at the back of the cheque and send it to No. 90-92, Tingkat Satu, Jalan Sultan Idris Shah, 30000 Ipoh. For details, call the bureau at 05-253 6981.
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