Johor polls: First-time blind voter helped by mother

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First-time voter Wong Wee Xiang, who has been blind since birth, cast his ballot for the Johor election with the assistance of his mother at SJK (C) Tuan Poon in Simpang Renggam on Saturday (July 11).  The election turned out to be a family affair for Woh Chooi Lai and her daughters Chong Siew Teng and Chong Kah Man who cast their ballots together at SK Taman Daya 3 in the Puteri Wangsa constituency.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:02First-time voter Wong Wishiang, who has been blind since birth, cast his ballot with the

00:07assistance of his mother at SJKC Tuanpun on polling day of the Johor election on Saturday.

00:14The 20-year-old from Simpang Rengam arrived at the polling centre at about 9.15am. He then

00:21checked his polling stream and was later accompanied by his mother to cast his vote.

00:27He said he had been looking forward to polling day and he was excited to vote for the first

00:32time. He said he had told his mother which candidate he wanted to vote for and she marked

00:38the ballot paper on his behalf. He described the voting process as smooth and added that

00:44he was happy to have fulfilled his responsibility as a voter.

00:50In Puter Re Wangsa, Wo Choi Lai and her daughters Chong Seo Teng and Chong Kah Man came to the

00:58SK

00:58Tamandaya Tiga polling centre together. Wo said she would be going to her salon to work while

01:04her daughters would enjoy their off day. In Larkin, medical student Prathiswaran Shanmugam took a few days off to return

01:12from Kelantan to vote together with his father Shanmugan Kaliapan.

01:17To live in Larkin, the

01:22The Larkin!

01:23The Larkin!

01:27You

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