Retiree raises RM3k for daughter's education with heartfelt appeal

The heartfelt message of retired civil servant M Chinnakaruppan, 67, on WhatsApp regarding the lack of funds for his daughter to register at Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK) garnered enough attention to raise the RM3,000 needed.

Chinnakaruppan shared in a WhatsApp post that his daughter, Kalaimagal, 20, has been accepted to pursue a Bachelor’s degree course at UMK’s Faculty of Hospitality, Tourism, and Wellbeing but lacked the RM3,000 needed for registration.