Simon Khung's life of drug abuse hit by tragedies include having a daughter allegedly murdered by her mother in 2020.
SINGAPORE - When former drug abuser Simon Khung was at a drug rehabilitation centre in 2020, he learnt that hisMr Khung was undergoing a three-year rehabilitation at the time, and not being present for his daughter before her death is one of his greatest regrets.
Mr Khung was named the Singapore Anti-Narcotics Association’s first ambassador at a charity gala dinner on June 28. He declined to talk about Megan’s death, saying he was grateful to be given opportunities to leave his old life behind.revealed that more than 50 per cent of the new abusers arrested in 2023 were below 30 years old.He had left school after taking his N levels. From marijuana, he began trying other illegal substances, becoming addicted to methamphetamine for the next 16 years.
He said: “I never got to plan my life properly, when all of my friends did at 16. I always thought I could wait because I was still young. The worst thing was, I was unknowingly taking my loved ones for granted.”As a young man, he withdrew $8,000 from his mother’s bank account without her knowledge and gambled it away.
He has been a Sana peer leader for two years, and under his social media handle simonboy, spreads anti-drug messages.At the gala dinner on June 28, Sana also launched Sana Youth Rise Up , a youth-led group of volunteers who will help implement Sana’s anti-drug programmes encouraging their peers to steer clear of drugs. They will also contribute to community efforts supporting rehabilitation and reintegration, said Sana’s president, Mrs Gillian Koh Tan.
“I think your inaugural brand ambassador, Simon Khung, is a very good example of the personalities of the people who have the ability to work with Sana and the media to destigmatise ex-abusers,” Mr Tharman said.
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