Hundreds of well-wishers support bullied boy Lewang Limbu
Loving messages from scores of well-wishers help Lewang Limbu forget his horrifying ordeal
The six-year-old boy who was allegedly beaten and buried alive in a sealed concrete gutter for two days before being found on July 1 is now healthy and well.
And yesterday Lewang Limbu got some cheerful news when children from the city's ethnic minority community presented him with a book containing more than 100 get-well cards from concerned individuals and school children.
"Cheer up … you will have a wonderful new life! I'm a Nepali too," wrote one primary school pupil, in both English and Nepali.
"Having you back is the greatest thing that has ever happened in my life," said the boy's foster mother in a get-well-soon card.
Speaking at a press conference, Lewang mostly answered a simple yes or no to reporters' questions, but he became more animated when talking about how much he loved playing computer games.
He said he had never returned to the park where he was believed to have been the target of three children who forced him into the drain and sealed him inside with a concrete drain cover.
Home Centre, a community centre in Yau Ma Tei which helps ethnic minorities integrate into city society, has now become his favourite place to go.
A centre spokeswoman said both Lewang and his foster mother started coming to the centre in June and attended counselling sessions regularly both before and after the assault.
She hoped yesterday's event would help raise awareness about the problem of bullying among children and the difficulties facing ethnic minorities.
"There aren't many parks or places where youngsters from the Nepali or Pakistani community can go to kill time in Yau Ma Tei or Jordan," she said, adding that the language problem, particularly among the older generation, had remained the single biggest obstacle to their integration into society.
