A brief encounter at the abandoned Pekeliling Flats in Kuala Lumpur.  The original piece, reproduced here with very minor updates was written in September 2009. “Itu orang semua sudah lari. Semua sudah kosong. “ Ah Heng lives in the 2nd room on the 1st floor of the 4th block of the Tuanku Abdul Rahman Flats, or more famously known as the abandoned Pekeliling Flats. Built in 1967, it was one of the earliest housing development projects in the city, home to about 2,500 people for over 40 decades.
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