KUALA LUMPUR, April 19 -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and his wife have shown their support for former race walking champion G. Saravanan, who is now fighting Motor Neurone Disease.

Political secretary to the PM, Datuk Ahmad Farhan Fauzi, visited Saravanan yesterday to offer a donation and words of encouragement on their behalf.

In a post on Facebook, Ahmad Farhan said Saravanan was diagnosed in 2021 with MND, the same illness that afflicted the late national football legend, the late Datuk Mokhtar Dahari.

"Although his speech is now limited, the strength of spirit he radiates clearly shows how courageously he faces this challenge.

"The fire of a champion's spirit that will never fade," he wrote.

MND is a rare, progressiv...