Cek Ammey Abu Bakar, a regular Shopee buyer, thought he was getting scammed by a Shopee seller when he received a ring light with a smaller size than he ordered, but when he went to confront the alleged "culprit", that little event led him to discover something that left him dumbfounded.
At first, the man was determined to get a refund, seeing that he felt he has been misled by the seller's advertisement. Through the conversation, he noticed that the seller seemed a bit clueless, which led him to think that he must be new. What he said next, however, came as quite a shock.
The seller disclosed that he is only 11-year-old (he explained that his account was registered under his mother's name) and that this was his very first sale. In any normal circumstances, children his age shouldn't be burdened with any financial responsibilities, but sadly struggling to make ends meet has become the new norm for most Malaysians, given the recent development of the country's failing government.
After Cek Ammey posted this incident on his Facebook, the child seller messaged him the next day, saying he gained a thousand followers overnight.
As heartwarming as this little incident turned out to be, we must not forget the sole catalyst that led to this kind of struggle, and we can only do so much to help the community, but at the end of the day, systemic failures are not our responsibility— as mere members of the public— to repair.
