Chong Wei Returns Home

SUBANG (Selangor), Oct 8 (Bernama) -- National badminton champion, Lee Chong Wei has returned home at the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang, Sunday night. He took a private jet which arrived at 9.15pm and was seen getting into one of the four cars waiting near the Asia Jet plane at about 9.33pm. Chong Wei who was confirmed having early stage nose cancer, had completed almost two months of treatment and was allowed to return home by his doctor in Taiwan Sunday. He however declined to be interviewed by the media waiting for him since this morning. Several media representatives have been waiting for Chong Wei to return at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) and Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang. The health problem of the 36-year-old player came into public focus when he withdrew from the World Championship in Nanjing, China and the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games in August. In his badminton career, Chong Wei had won the Olympic Games silver medal three times in 2008, 2012 and 2016 and was three-time runner-up of the World Championship (2011, 2013 and 2015).      He was also called the Super Series King when he won the most number of championships organised by  Badminton World Federation (BWF) in history with 69 titles and emerged runner-up 34 times. -- BERNAMA