Sports & Fitness

Sukma organising committee crowdfunds to aid man who lost house to fire

Blaze claims armed forces man’s home while he was on duty at National Hockey Stadium

Updated 4 years ago · Published on 18 Sep 2022 6:24PM

Sukma organising committee crowdfunds to aid man who lost house to fire
Chairman of the 20th Malaysia Games organising committee Datuk Jana Santhiran Muniayan (right) presents a cheque worth RM5,000 to Malaysian Armed Forces ambulance driver Ishak Othman after the latter lost his house in Merbok, Kedah to fire. – Pic courtesy of National Sports Council, September 18, 2022

KUALA LUMPUR – The 20th Malaysia Games (Sukma) organising committee today launched a donation campaign to help a Malaysian Armed Forces ambulance driver whose house caught fire yesterday evening.

Ishak Othman was on duty at the National Hockey Stadium in Bukit Jalil when the fire broke out at his family’s house in Merbok, Kedah.

In a statement, the organising committee shared their “sympathy for Ishak Othman and his family”. 

Organising committee chairman Datuk Jana Santhiran Muniayan also presented a cheque worth RM5,000 to Ishak.

Those who wish to contribute can do so by donating to his Maybank account with the number 151863199228. – The Vibes, September 18, 2022

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