'I will have nothing': Elderly hoarder in Bedok fears volunteers will throw away belongings
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His home is choc-a-bloc with things he has collected over the years, but he does not want to part with them.The 78-year-old man, known as Lim, lives alone in a Bedok Reservoir flat and is worried that the charity trying to help him clean up his house may leav'I will have nothing': Elderly hoarder in Bedok fears volunteers will throw away belongings
His home is choc-a-bloc with things he has collected over the years, but he does not want to part with them.The 78-year-old man, known as Lim, lives alone in a Bedok Reservoir flat and is worried that the charity trying to help him clean up his house may leave him with «nothing», according to Shin Min Daily News.He sells the stuff collected to earn a living. Lim told the Chinese daily that he was worried volunteers would «throw everything away».«If everything is thrown away, then I will have nothing,» he said.«I don't want that, and I fear I won't be able to find the things I need.»In a Facebook post on June 2, charity Helping Joy said that Lim has been living in a «heavily cluttered» flat with items accumulated over years, with no space to move.It has since cleared some of the belongings from his home following «12 hours of hard work and battling cockroaches» in a project that began on Sunday, according to multiple posts on Monday (June 9).The charity said Lim's home posed health risks and a fire hazard to both him and his neighbours. Read more