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By mid-September, homesickness and depression was eating away at Malaysian Mohd Izwan Sarip.
The 32-year-old, who works in Singapore, had been away from his wife and children since March, when Malaysia decided to close its borders to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
“When I was told to come to Singapore I had only brought two pairs of underwear, two shirts, and two pants — I thought this was only for a few weeks,” said the warehouse assistant for online supermarket RedMart.
“My family means so much to me. I am so close to my four-year-old (daughter) and when I left, my toddler had only just started to crawl, and now she’s already 18 months,” he told The Straits Times.
Mr Izwan’s brother-in-law, Mr Muhamad Faiz Roseman, who also works in Singapore for the Automobile Association of Singapore, hatched an idea to cheer him up.
Last Monday (Oct 5), Mr Faiz asked their wives to take their children and drive to Johor’s border facing Woodlands while he and Mr Izwan went to the jetty at Woodlands Waterfront Park so they could catch a glimpse of each other across the Johor Strait.
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