`We don't want his computer'

TheSun 16Dec2005 `We don't want his computer' It took our friend's life, say three classmates by Charles Ramendran PETALING JAYA: The three friends of 16-yearold Yap Wui Chung who were left his computer after the teenager killed himself on Wednesday have refused to accept the machine. None of them, who were Wui Chung's classmates at Sultan Abdul Samad secondary school in Section 14, want the computer that robbed their friend of his life. Wui Chung, who was said to have been obsessed with computer games and the Inter net, had electrocuted himself when his father refused to upgrade the computer. He willed his three friends as the recipients of his computer and accessories. He had typed their names down in a note and instructed his parents to hand them the machine. "I did as my son wanted me to do. But the boys declined the offer," said Wui Chung's father, who only wanted to be identified as Yap. "Since they refused, I will donate the items to an orphanage or charitable organisation. At least it will be put to good use." Yap had approached the boys when they turned up for his son's funeral at the Kampung Tunku crematorium yesterday. Some 20 classmates had turned up for the ceremony. A classmate said Wui Chung was worried about his academic performance and the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia examination he would be taking next year and this could have led to his death. "We believe he could control his passion (for computer games). We think he was worried about his studies and that drove him to commit suicide," the classmate said. But Yap thinks otherwise. He maintains that his son's obsession with computer games and the Internet had killed him. "We never pressured him about anything, including his studies. He was our only child and we wanted the best for him," he said. "We believe he could not control himself. He was a computer junkie and that drove him to kill himself."