Big-hearted Malaysians Team Up with LEGOLAND® Malaysia Resort AND LEGO To Fulfill Cancer Child's Wish

September 30, 2016

Big-hearted Malaysians Team Up with LEGOLAND® Malaysia Resort AND LEGO To Fulfill Cancer Child’s Wish

KUALA SELANGOR, 28 September 2016 – LEGOLAND® Malaysia Resort and LEGO® Malaysia today teamed up with a group of kind-hearted Malaysians to present 11-year-old terminally-ill cancer patient Muhammad Danish Maarif with LEGO gifts at his home in Kuala Selangor.

Danish, who loves LEGO and whose biggest wish is to visit LEGOLAND® Malaysia Resort, was greeted by popular LEGO character mascots, LEGO Darth Vader, LEGO Builder and LEGO Policeman and was surrounded by LEGO toys contributed by LEGOLAND® Malaysia Resort, LEGO and donations through the group of Malaysians. The team has also decorated his room with items in adventure theme to make it looks like a LEGOLAND Hotel room as much as possible.

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Brought to the public’s attention by a group of Malaysians led by Wan Shahriza Wan Ab Rahman, the plan was to bring LEGOLAND® Malaysia Resort to Danish after doctors declared him too ill to travel after the cancer had spread across his body and he has been sent home to rest. According to Wan Shahriza, Danish loves LEGO and one of his biggest wish was to go to LEGOLAND® Malaysia Resort.

“We were touched by what we’ve read in the papers over the weekend. It’s a heartbreaking story for us as every child deserves the right to play and build their dream. Despite not being able to bring Danish to LEGOLAND® Malaysia Resort, we hope we were able to bring LEGOLAND® Malaysia Resort to him. I am really thankful to the people involved in helping Danish and bringing this matter to the public,” said Young Pil Kim, Interim General Manager at LEGOLAND® Malaysia Resort.

“We teamed up with LEGOLAND and also LOM-LUG, the LEGO user group in Malaysia to come to his house and throw him a LEGO building party – we build with him and share his imagination. Special thanks to the 501^st Legion Malaysia Outpost too, they wanted to come in costume when they heard that Danish is a Star Wars fan” said Dick Yoong, Country Manager at LEGO® Malaysia.

The team is honored to be able to share a memorable day with Danish and his family along with all his favorite LEGO boxes and the team also hope to be able to host him and his family a fun day out at LEGOLAND Malaysia Resort if his condition gets better.’