Orphan gets his bank book

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KUCHING: The 10-year-old orphan, Desmond Roy Peter, has opened an Amanah Saham Wawasan (ASW) account so that he could receive the RM50 monthly contribution from social activist Datuk Peter Minos.

Datuk Peter Minos(Left); Desmond Roy Pete

When contacted in Tatau Bintulu yesterday, Desmond’s uncle Japar Rumpang said he immediately helped Desmond open the account at Tatau after learning from The Borneo Post that Minos wanted to contribute the money.

The uncle said he could be reached through The Borneo Post at 082-485111 (Chief Reporter).

Desmond’s parents Peter Julan, 28, and Bermas Myium, 26, and his sister Amilia Peter, 3, died in the Tatau boat tragedy on Oct 18.

The boat was travelling from Tatau town to villages upstream of Sungai Kakus-Sungai Anap in Tatau, Bintulu when the accident happened.

He did not accompany his parents and sister home to Kampung Rh Ningkai Nanag Mejau as he was boarding at the school.

Japar, who is Bermas’ brother and hails from Rh Jagang Kemena said he will be Desmond’s guardian.

He also said he would ensure that the boy stay in SK Tatau as a boarder.

Yesterday Japar, 45, said the boy was also very close to his grandfather Myium Andom, who is the father of his (Desmond’s) late mother Bermas.

Myium resides at Tatau.

The late Bermas is Japar’s sister-in-law as his wife Seriah, is her sister.

Minos, who is also Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) deputy information chief, pledged to contribute RM50 per month with immediate effect and “for as long as I live”.

“I kept thinking about the boy who is now an orphan. I also kept talking about him to my children Kulow and Melina. I have told them that I must do something.

“My conscience hurts if I am not doing something even in a small way,” said Minos.

“It is a personal sympathy to a fellow human being who may be in total distress and sadly deprived of all loved ones. Nothing can be more painful than that,” he added.

He said he hoped his RM50 per month contribution would help the boy in some way.

“If that is so, I will be a very happy man,” said Minos, who was seeking treatment at the Gleneagles Hospital Kuala Lumpur.

Minos, the Bung Bratak Heritage Association chairman, gets his medical check up every Saturday apart from getting medicine and undergoing physiotherapy following a recent backbone operation.