hor ▁Kim ▁Ch oi . ▁In ▁his ▁early ▁years , ▁he ▁fav oured ▁basketball , ▁however ▁his ▁mother ▁soon ▁b anned ▁him ▁from ▁the ▁game ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁se aring ▁heat ▁of ▁the ▁out door ▁basketball ▁court . ▁Lee ▁began ▁to ▁learn ▁bad m inton ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 1 1 , ▁when ▁his ▁father , ▁who ▁liked ▁to ▁play ▁the ▁game , ▁brought ▁him ▁to ▁the ▁bad m inton ▁hall . ▁Att ract ing ▁the ▁attention ▁of ▁local ▁coach ▁Te h ▁P eng ▁Hu at , ▁who ▁asked ▁Lee ' s ▁father ▁if ▁he ▁could ▁take ▁him ▁as ▁a ▁student . ▁After ▁receiving ▁his ▁father ' s ▁consent , ▁Te h ▁began ▁to ▁train ▁Lee ▁after ▁school . ▁Disc over ed ▁by ▁Mis b un ▁Side k , ▁he ▁was ▁draft ed ▁into ▁the ▁national ▁squad ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁sevent een ▁years ▁old . ▁ ▁Lee ▁received ▁R M ▁ 3 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁on ▁ 2 1 ▁August ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁as ▁a ▁reward ▁for ▁his ▁silver ▁medal ▁effort ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁Olympic ▁Games . ▁Also , ▁he ▁received ▁R M ▁ 3 , 0 0 0 ▁a ▁month ▁as ▁a ▁lifetime ▁p ension ▁beginning ▁in ▁August ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁He ▁was ▁appointed ▁as ▁the ▁UN ICE F ▁Malays ia ' s ▁National ▁Amb assador ▁in ▁February ▁ 2 0 0 9 . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁in ▁a ▁relationship ▁with ▁W ong ▁M ew ▁Ch oo ,