DRUGS TEARING FAMILIES APART
During the orphanage visit, Mr Khung also spoke to the children about his past struggles with drug addiction. Some of them, he said, have parents who are facing similar challenges.
Mr Khung was previously jailed for drug offences and assault from 2015 to 2016 and 2017 to 2019.
“Drugs are a really big issue that really tears families apart,” he said. “I cannot bring time back to the past, so I can only live with what I am left with.”
“So whatever that had happened, I can’t change whatever that happened. Be it the drug addiction, the people I’ve let down, the opportunities I’ve lost.”
“What I can do now is hang on to whatever I have and continue to build something not just for myself, but for others.”
On how his past drug use strained his relationships, he said: “I take responsibility for all my relationships. As a drug addict, I failed people.”
Mr Khung declined to respond to questions about the specifics of Megan’s case.
Last month, a review panel identified several key lapses from various community and government agencies that handled the case. The review had also noted how Mr Khung and Megan’s grandmother made separate police reports in 2020 about Megan’s disappearance at the time.
Restarting his life on the right track and giving back to vulnerable communities now is, for him, a way to seek redemption and honour the memory of his daughter.
“I just want to remind them, like, how to love and how to give.”
Although he said he cannot always carry out such projects “with my own strength”, he intends to sell merchandise and donate 100 per cent of the profits to the next organisation he partners with.
“I would definitely hope to serve more children in the community first, maybe in the future, I’ll move to serving the elderly.”