Cancer stricken pupil wishes to meet PM, Tun Mahathir

Senator Datuk Boon Som Inong said Kongkiat Bun Song, 10, who had undergone two operations to remove growth in his brain believed meeting Najib and Tun Dr Mahathir would strengthen his resolve to fight the disease.

"After being detected with the disease, Kongkiat stopped schooling and underwent radiotherapy and chemotherapy treatment as well follow-up treatments at Universiti Malaya Medical Centre each day," he said in a statement here today.

He said Kongkiat wanted to be a doctor and wished to return to school in Subang Jaya soon.

Kongkiat is one of two children of Bun Song I Wan, 37, a lorry driver and his mother Channa Isin, 34, a housewife from Pendang, Kedah.

"He and his wife have been worried about the health of their son as they cannot afford the high treatment expenditure involved," Boon said.

He said any member of the public who wished to contribute could channel to the account of the boy's mother, Channa Isin at CIMB Bank account number 12090030265525 or call Bun Song at 012-2680592.