**DiEsE will be offline for the next few days as she is too distraught and traumatized from what happened to her**

This article was in The Star: Metro North. By reading this article, you can imagine what kind of people living in Penang, calling or referring themselves as Penangites.
Very sickening eh? I guess they would rather support ‘Mat Rempit’ menace than support a fellow Penangites earning a decent living. Penang is getting flooded with ill-minded human beings…. Wake up Penangites!

Wednesday January 16, 2008
Ill deejay: Understand my plight
PENANG street deejay Ismail Clement Abdullah is appealing to the public to be more understanding. 
Since The Star highlighted his nightly mobile deejay gig on Jan 7, the Motor Neuron Disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig’s disease sufferer has been victimised by people who think he is rich. 
Clement, as he is known, said in an interview at his home near Penang Road yesterday that his livelihood had been much affected. 
“People have been calling me “orang kaya” (rich man) and said I do not need help,” the 44-year-old said through the translation of his palliative care volunteer nurse Anne Choon. 
Clement, who was struck by the progressive and usually fatal neuro-degenerative disease in 2005 which robbed him of his speech and use of arms and legs, has been cruising the streets of George Town on his modified ‘mobile deejay’ automatic wheelchair every night for the past two months to play songs for people and collect donations to support his large family. 
Although the father of seven receives money from the Social Security Organisation (Socso) and some charities monthly, the amount, he said, was not enough to support his children aged between one year and 18, father and stepmother. 
“I am not making a fortune. I go out every night and work for 10 hours to get just RM18 to RM22. 
“Many people tell me to play the songs without donating. Some gave me RM2 and wanted me to play for two hours straight,” he said. 
Clement said some people tried to beat him up recently but his friend Siti came to his aid.  
“I am thankful for kind people like Anne, Siti and the people from Classtech and Legend who modified my wheelchair and maintained my music equipment,” he said. 
Clement said he hoped his message would put an end to the verbal abuse and help people respect what he was trying to do for his family.