Reverend Derek Li says his son faces a ‘vacuum of resources and a struggle of faith’ as key donor’s commitment to cover medical bills wavers

Medical treatment for a Hong Kong dancer paralysed during a Mirror concert is now uncertain after his father revealed that a major donor’s verbal promise to cover the medical expenses may no longer be upheld.

Reverend Derek Li Shing-lam, the father of 30-year-old Mo Li Kai-yin, said in a letter on Saturday that the dancer’s path to recovery now faces a “vacuum of resources and a struggle of faith”, without naming the donor.

“A promise ‘...cover Mo’s medical expenses’ opened the door to his treatment and became the strength that carried him forward over the past three years. But it now seems this support is not certain to continue, and we still do not know how to move forward,” he said.

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