I was driving to badminton last night when I heard this programme on BFM. It’s about an initiative called “Human Library” where instead of reading books they have real people tell their real life stories.
The one they played last night was of a guy named David Mun, an ex-death row inmate in Malaysia. Here’s a few quick points about his story:
1) David had a history of smuggling drugs across the Thailand-Malaysia border. He would make two trips a month, each trip making him RM60,000.
2) He did it for many years until he got caught. He was sentenced to jail and death by hanging.
3) He talked about his life in prison, how he got around and the experience of appealing against the death sentence.
What happens next is something best heard from him rather than me telling the story.
In the recording above the story of David Mun starts at 20:00. So if you don’t want to listen to the first 20 minutes then go ahead and fast forward to 20:00.
I found this story really eye-opening for me about a life in a world very different from the life most of us know. Thank you for this wonderful story Human Library and BFM.
Timothy Tiah – Co-Founder of Colony, Kuala Lumpur Co-Working Space