Triple dare nets RM4,000
As published in Malay Mail today PETALING JAYA — The heat was on three senior editorial staff members at Malay Mail yesterday when they took the ice bucket challenge to raise funds and awareness for Amyotrophic laterral sclerosis (ALS), better known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, and research for prostate cancer. Editor-in-chief Datuk Wong Sai Wan, who was nominated by The Star group managing director and chief executive officer Datuk Seri Wong Chun Wai, took on the challenge with assistant editor Purwaiz Alam and editor (investigations and special projects) Haresh Deol. Each of them went beyond what was required and took the challenge three times — a condition to get the donations. “This is for a good cause and I hope no one goes through ALS. “This is personal for me because my cousin died of it 10 years ago,” said Wong. The RM4,000 collected will be split between the ALS Association and the Prostate C...