‘He’s my son’: Guardian of teen who died in basketball court accident has always seen herself as his mum
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SINGAPORE – For years, Madam Rahimah Lee Abdullah and her husband tried to have children, but they had no luck.So when Mohd Ridwan came into their lives in 2004, they felt they were blessed. He was born in Bintan, an Indonesian island about a 45-minute ferr‘He’s my son’: Guardian of teen who died in basketball court accident has always seen herself as his mum
SINGAPORE – For years, Madam Rahimah Lee Abdullah and her husband tried to have children, but they had no luck.So when Mohd Ridwan came into their lives in 2004, they felt they were blessed. He was born in Bintan, an Indonesian island about a 45-minute ferry ride away.Madam Rahimah said they never got around to formally adopting the baby, but to the couple, he was their own. The boy became a Singapore citizen in September 2004.He was their only child, and they were his parents.Speaking to The Straits Times in their three-room flat in Bedok on Nov 12, Madam Rahimah, 66, said: «He was my only son. I loved him so much. Which mother doesn't love her children?»The teenager loved the couple. He called Madam Rahimah «mummy» and her husband «daddy».He was doing well in school, regularly scoring As at ITE College Central. He had dreams of becoming a pilot.But Ridwan's life was cut short in July 2021, while playing basketball with friends on a court near Block 18 Bedok South Road. Read more
