‘Why would I feel happy to injure someone, when being a Tukang Urut I see someone getting injured and I feel pain for them?’
A Tukang Urut, also known as a healer and practitioner of traditional Malay massage, is typically known via word of mouth among the elder Malay-Singaporean community.
10 years into his craft, Firdaus opens up about how Tukang Urut has helped him to walk away from violence and darker times in his youth.