In December 2010, a pathetic idiot decided to end his life due to relationship problems with a countdown on Facebook. The relationship only lasted for 4 months. His name is Alviss Kong 江世丰.
Just spent 5 minutes of my lunch time reading a news report on the death of William Kong and felt really sorry, for the dad and the family.
KUALA LUMPUR: Father of Facebook suicide student Alviss Kong who counselled teenagers against taking their own lives, has died following a long bout with depression.
David Kong, the brother of deceased William Kong, 61, said William had found it difficult to come to terms with the loss of his 19-year-old son.
“There was a lot going on in his life and although he had moved on, losing Alviss in that manner had affected him. And when he started the Alviss Kong Life Care Center and made a 15-minute movie on the incident, people accused him of trying to make money out of the tragedy,” said David.
David said William’s genuine intentions of starting the centre and making the video were to help youngsters contemplating suicide.
“All these accusations affected him emotionally and he went through a depression.”
William is believed to have died on Monday at 11.38am of heart attack at the Alviss Kong Life Care Center which he founded three months ago.
Source : The Malay Mail
William Kong, the father of Alviss Kong just passed away on Monday 20th June 2011 at 11.38AM. He founded ‘Alviss Kong Life Care Center’ with only one intention in mind, and that was to help youngsters deal with depression and thoughts of suicide.
He even paid 20k to create a 15 minutes short film to educate and warn people on the matter of committing suicide.
THE Alviss Kong Life Care Center was founded by Alviss’ father, William Kong, with only one intention in mind, and that was to help youngsters deal with depression and thoughts of suicide.
But William faced many problems when starting the centre. Being unable to register it as a non-profit organisation, he registered it as a private company.
“When he did that, certain parties accused him of trying to make money out of his son’s death,” said David Kong who added that his brother William must have known that his days were numbered and that this may have been one of the reasons why he wanted to start the centre fast.
Then William made a 15-minute video entitled The moment of truth Alviss Kong which he posted on YouTube.
In the short film where William himself acted, the video showed the reenactment of the last few conversations William had with his son before Alviss committed suicide.
The video also adviced youngsters to think about their family members and the pain they would cause for 45 minutes before deciding to commit suicide.
“He made the movie after people suggested that it may help others learn a lesson.”
William spent RM 20,000 to make the 15-minute video.
Source : The Malay Mail
It’s so saddening to know that even a 61 years old father, despite knowing that he has heart problem himself & is over his retirement age, is willing to set up a centre to counsel those who have thoughts of suicide where else a 19 years old dude who went through the so called “depressing-heart-breaking” of relationship which lasted only 4 FREAKING SHORT MONTHS decided to commit suicide. Zzz
Seriously, DO NOT commit suicide. It’s not an act of LOVE. That does not proves that you LOVE a girl/guy. IN fact, if your boyfriend/girlfriend threaten to do so, you should leave him/her immediately for being so childish.
If someone can’t love himself/herself till he/she would have thoughts of committing suicide, he/she surely can’t afford to love other people – YOU.
Sigh. It’s Fathers Day on 19th June 2011 and 20th June, Alviss Kong’s dad passed away due to heart attack.
The stupidest thing is how come the dad couldn’t register the counselling centre as non-profit? WTF is the govt doing?
Good question raised.. sigh
IF U WATCH THE VIDEO IT STATES THAT IT IS NON-PROFIT
Yes i know. Hmmm
It is extremely sad what this 61 year old father had to go through.
But please be sensitive about the suicide of his son.
Your comment that it seems “childish” to commit suicide over a “4 FREAKING SHORT MONTHS” relationship shows that you have absolutely no understanding or empathy for people with problems.
This is not something to “Zzz” about. The poor kid felt bad enough to end his own life. His father and family suffered as a result.
It is very easy to criticize, condemn, and even make fun of. It is very easy to say, “Oh, if that ever happened to me, I wouldn’t kill myself. I’ll just find myself another girlfriend.”
But have you ever wondered why he did it? Did you even try to imagine what he must feeling or thinking when he took that fatal step? What could be so bad that it drove this person to the point of no return?
Suicide is more common than you think. Those considering suicide need help, not criticism or dating advice.
Well said!!
=)
Agree with you dat it’s easy to criticize and condemn, but what he did is really childish where it encourages those who are having the same problem to do the same thing. Imagine how he felt when he did it? I don’t even want to get into that zone dude, everyone have their own storybook and i believe many more people out there has been through more shits than him, what i wana raise is, the reasons for his suicide is nothing compared to the tons of problems out there in the real world.
btw, how did you know he felt bad enough to end his own life, if he felt bad and think more about it on the consequences, he shouldn’t have jump. Of course, everyone have different views on different issues and i shall stop on further commenting. Totally appreciate your comment here & thanks for ur feedback.
Let’s just hope such cases doesn’t piles up in Malaysia. Life is Good!
“a 19 years old dude who went through the so called “depressing-heart-breaking” of relationship which lasted only 4 FREAKING SHORT MONTHS decided to commit suicide. Zzz”
This sentence of words SUCKS! bro,I wish u would delete this part.Other is AWESOME.
MY NAME IS WARREN KUAN
I think it’s okay bah, at the end of the day that’s just my one sided opinion, right? =)
Oh well. Suicide is the effect of depression. The girl must have said something that made him take that step to suicide. Nobody knows, only the ex girlfriend. Well, I gave the =_=” look when I found out on this suicide story. Only 4 months (the stage where is the getting to know each other stage) and then suicide? Could be the influence by too much dramas.
Falling into depression ain’t cool. A person need to be very strong to fight n avoid depression + support & encouragement from ppl around. This Alviss guy may not have gotten that kind of support, may not have anyone to look to, therefore depression and then suicide…
For you guys u may think it is childish for Josh to write that way. I think it’s not childish though. it is just a form of expression, like… “What?! Swt” that is just an external expression. And he has written his internal expression on this matter too-suicide is not an act of love. Alviss may have thought that way. We don’t know. And if it’s so, then it is a very childish act to suicide after being in a relationship for ONLY 4 months. Like I said, we don’t know.
But it’s best when we understand depression + suicide from the psychological side, then a proper statement will be said wisely. When one mentions “suicide”, we should give immediate attention and not ignorance. This probably did happened to Alviss. People may have thought, “neh..ntg will happen. So childish…” and ignore.
And it is not easy to empathize.
unless u experience before, then your empathy is sincere. And nobody is perfect. Everybody has their own problems and their own ways of managing them.
At the end of the day, we only know the superficial story of the suicide case of Alviss Kong. All are just assumptions. So whatever said in the blogpost and comments, don’t take it seriously and argue about whatever was said. We can’t reverse time n get him back to life. So why he jumped off the building? He was depressed. The end.
aha =)
I am surprised to know that this short film cost him RM 20,000.00.
I am disappointed because people out there still intentionally damage this piece of goodwill and good cause.
Is the people out there happy to know now William is gone too ? To make this 15 minutes short film need RM 20K ? Whos cameraman’s crew they use ?
Aren’t they have a heart ? To register a non-profit organization is not easy and yet this corrupted government make it so difficult for this good cause to warm people and make people understand the moment. And yet , people accuse as profit making ? And charge him RM 20K for only a 15 minute short film ? Did this video make any money in youtube and facebook ? Ask yourself those stupid fool who simply accused. Do you have a heart ?
Alviss did not choose a smart method and blinded by his emotion but his father make good intention to start a good cause and yet face so many problem and accusation. To those who earn RM 20k for that short film , you feel proud ? You feel good earning their money ? Where is your sympathy ? Are you a good person or a sucker who suck a taxi man’s money ? I make film and I know whats the cost. Malaysia is in a very high risk stage and yet chinese people still act like this ? Government is already a piece of poo , thats why need to change.
Really fed up knowing this people who do this. God is watching and know what you have done.
I also wonder who did that short film actually and how it cost 20k ><
the word “pathetic idiot” is inciting more hatred than descriptive, with a scent of jealousy. anyway, please revise on usage of the particular word, no offense intended.
Very intelligent. Am too noob for genius like you thus am not changing anything in the text above, no explanation needed. Comment appreciated. =)