Review of Mr. Murugan Disabled Trader
EARNING a living is not easy these days, even more so when you are illiterate and disabled like Murugan Rajoo.
Having had no success at finding a job, Murugan decided to start his own business and sent two applications for a business licence to Selayang Municipal Council (MPS).
After two years had lapsed and still no response from the MPS, Murugan went ahead with his plan and began selling tidbits from his threewheel motorcycle outside Sekolah Rendah Kebangsaan Tamil Kuala Garing in Rawang.
He earns about RM30 a day to support his wife and four children, three of whom are studying.
However, his luck took a turn for the worse last year when his business was ‘crippled’ by an MPS operation to weed out illegal hawkers.
“There were a few other hawkers there but they managed to escape. He was not as lucky as he is an handicapped".
The offiers seized his motorcycle and the goods, leaving Murugan stranded by the roadside.
He then contacted President of the Independent Living and Training Centre (ILTC)
When we (ILTC members) reached the MPS branch in Rawang, we speak to the officer-incharge as we wanted to reclaim the seized items.
“The council staff were not only rude but humiliated us and violated our rights.
To Be Con't....
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