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A Place To Call Home At Last For Elderly Wheelchair User

Monday, June 11, 2012

A Place To Call Home At Last For Elderly Wheelchair User

PETPOSITIVE NEWSFLASH!

DATELINE: KUALA LUMPUR

THE KUALA LUMPUR CITY HALL (DBKL) has just handed over the keys of a low cost flat unit to a wheelchair user after an staggering two-year wait for the facility. 

V Karuppanan, 60, who was foced to squat in his car at the flat's car park all this while, was thrilled to get his home at last which was promised to him by the council since early 2011.

His new home is in Taman Intan Baiduri in Selayang, Kuala Lumpur. 
  

Last Thursday, about 30-people in wheelchairs led by PETPOSITIVE and the Independent Living and Training Centre organised a demonstration in the DBKL condemning the council's apathy over the matter. 

They threatened that they would not go away until the elderly gentleman was temporarily housed at the DBKL's expense until his promised lot was sorted out. 

This prompted the head of housing and community development to provide the victim with his unit within 48 hours. 

The handing over of the unit today is the result of last week's demonstration. 

DBKL is also looking into making Karuppanan's new home wheelchair friendly - something they promised to do within a fortnight. 

"We are also very disappointed with the Welfare Department, which despite us approaching them for help, has done nothing to get our member a decent place to stay," said Francis Siva, president of Independent Living and Training Centre in Rawang, Selangor to PET+BLOGSPOT last week.

"(The) media event (was) to bring urgent attention to his plight," added Francis who is also a committee member of PETPOSITIVE. 

V Karuppanan is also a member of Petpositive.

Here are the latest pictures from ILTC from the scene:

Monday June 11, 2012

Deputy Minister miffed over DBKL snub

KUALA Lumpur City Hall’s (DBKL) tidak apa attitude in dealing with a disabled man’s appeal for a low-cost flat was the cause of protest by members of the Independent Living and Training Centre, said Deputy Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing Minister Datuk M. Saravanan.

Saravanan said the incident had given the Barisan Nasional government a bad name and it also gave the impression that BN politicians in FT were doing nothing.

“The Little Napoleons in City Hall must change their attitude and work with the community leaders. They should not just take their own sweet time to resolve the people’s problems,’’ Saravanan said.

Doing their job: Fashion shop assistants (from left) Norfifiana Robert and Jumalina Samsul Bahrin signing a petition in protest of the MRT project while Bukit Bintang BN representatives Leong Poh Seng, Sathia Sudakaran, Gan and Simon Sim look on.

He added that it took a public protest to get City Hall’s attention and finally DBKL offered a unit to Karuppanan Veeramalai.

“This only shows that they had a unit available but simply refuse to give it.

“The fact that my letter of endorsement showed that it was a genuine poverty case and yet DBKL chose to ignore the pleas of the poor man. This shows DBKL’s arrogance in the matter,’’ he said.

Saravanan said he was fed up as there were many pending issues involving poor Indians in FT as well as request for numerous temple projects which were stuck in DBKL red tape.

“The Sungei Besi Sivan temple and the Kepong Vinayagar temple are in limbo. These are classic examples of government bureaucracy,’’ he added.

On Thursday, disabled members staged a protest outside DBKL in support of their fellow member whose application for a low-cost unit has been left pending, forcing him to sleep in his car for the past two-and-a-half years.

Lending an ear: Chandrakumanan listening to the plight of an elderly tenant at PPR Kampung Muhibah.

Karuppanan had approached DBKL on his own in 2010, appealing for a unit but was told to wait as there were no units available.

He then sought Saravanan’s help and was given a support letter for the application yet it was not succesful.

Two hours after staging a protest, Karuppanan was offered a unit.

Deputy Minister lashes out at DBKL

S Retnanathan

 | June 9, 2012

Taking City Hall to task, Saravanan asks if the people needed to demonstrate before they are granted low cost houses in the federal capital

KUALA LUMPUR: Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing deputy minister M Saravanan today lashed out at the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) for dragging its feet in processing low cost house applications for low income earners.

“DBKL should realise that some cases needs urgent attention while some can wait. DBKL needs to prioritise urgent cases but this is not happening. They seems to lump all applications and take their time vetting them.

“This takes too long and dissapoints people. Do we need people to turn up at DBKL doorsteps before their application can be processed,” he told FMT.

Saravanan, who is also MIC vice president, was asked to comment on  20 disabled people who demonstrated outside the DBKL headquarters yesterday morning for the sake of a homeless man and managed to solve his woes in a matter of hours.

The protesters, representing the Independent Living and Training Centre (ILTC), demanded that City Hall provide housing to V Karuppan, a disabled 60-year-old man who has been living in his car for nearly three years because he is too poor to buy a house.

Karuppan said that he had applied to City Hall several times since 2009 for a flat on the first floor of the Intan Baiduri Public Housing Scheme (PPR).

“All DBKL gives is empty promises. Sometimes they say I will get it in a week, sometimes in a month but nearly three years have passed and I have not seen my house yet.”

His applications were supported by letters from the Welfare Department and Saravanan, whose ministry’s oversees the City Hall.

Karuppan managed to meet City Hall’s director for housing, Sukiman Surahman, for 20 minutes yesterday. He was then immediately issued a letter by Sukiman that offered him a first floor flat at Intan Baiduri.

DBKL also offered to turn the unit into a disabled friendly home by building ramps and renovating the toilet.

Must they demonstrate to get homes?

Taking City Hall to task, Saravanan questioned if the people needed to demonstrate before they are granted low cost houses in the federal capital.

“Must they stage protests before they get their houses. It seems so based on the precedent set in this case. The City Hall should have done this much sooner.

“The people come to see us with their problems. We ministers and deputy ministers are in the frontline. We issue recommendation letters and so on. But if these letters do not carry weight then the people do not have any choice but to resort to protest and demonstrations.

“The would be angry with the ruling Barisan Nasional without realising the real problem was with DBKL. If the case is urgent why not give it priority…what is so difficult in doing this?

“If the houses can be given within hours, why not give it to them when you get the go ahead from the Minister or deputy minister?” he added.

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A street protest that works

Friday June 8, 2012

Disabled-friendly feature in PJ shortlisted for international award

By EDWARD R. HENRY
edward@thestar.com.my

WALK paths with tact tiles and ramps built around certain parts of Petaling Jaya aimed at creating a barrier-free environment, has been shortlisted as a semi-finalist for the Commonwealth Associa-tion for Public Administration and Management (Capam) Inter-national Innovation Awards.

Out of the 120 submissions for the award, PJ has been shortlisted as one of the semi-finalists. PJ’s people friendly project — A Barrier Free PJ: Lifting the Urban Disability Stigma — has captured the hearts of Capam judges. Forty countries are taking part in the awards.

PJ mayor Datuk Mohamad Roslan Sakiman said the council felt privileged to be selected as a semi-finalist and the entry was slotted under the Innovation in Citizen Engagement and Dialogue award category.

Capam president Paul Zahra from Malta will present the award in New Delhi, India, in September.

“We find physical barriers still preventing the disabled from participating and enjoying the benefits of living in the city.

“Our efforts are being seen as various parts of the city have been redesigned to make it accessible,” said Roslan.

Capam is an International Innovations Awards that celebrates the spirit of innovation in the public service by recognising organisations that have made significant contributions to improving governance and services in the public sector.

The award inspires and encourages innovators to improve public service governance, and the quality of life of residents and communities.

“PJ’s barrier-free environment project is the only entry from Malaysia and it competes with entries from established countries and organisations. PJ has made parks and public areas accessible to the physically-challenged and we feel that warrants our entry to be shortlisted,” said Roslan.

He added that PJ’s ongoing effort to create a barrier-free city “is the right thing to do.”

Meanwhile, PJ city councillor and distinguished fellow of the United States of America Hawaii University Anthony Thanasayan said he felt privileged and honoured by Capam’s submission.

“Being a wheelchair-bound person as a teenager living in PJ, the neighbourhood was my greatest foe at one time. I was a virtual prisoner in my home because of the lack of thought given by the municipal council then to me as a resident with special needs.

“I could not get into Taman Jaya park which is a few hundred metres from my home because of a locked gate and cobbled pavements,” he said.

Thanasayan added that now it was a different story.

“We have a special entrance for wheelchairs initiated by me that allow all handicapped people through. We have the country’s first universal design pavement that is also being made in poorer areas of PJ.

“I think, it is an incredible success story that any local government can offer and continue to help the disabled community.

“But now with the leadership of Roslan all that is changing,” he said.

Saturday June 9, 2012

Disabled group’s protest leads to member finally getting a PPR unit

By VIJENTHI NAIR
vijenthi@thestar.com,my
Photos by LIM CHENG KIAT

INDEPENDENT Living and Training Centre (ILTC) members staged a protest outside Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) headquarters in Jalan Raja Laut yesterday morning in support of their fellow member whose application for a Public Housing Project (PPR) unit has been left pending, forcing him to sleep in his car.

Karuppanan Veeramalai, 60, a disabled, is leading a miserable life and has been sleeping in his car for the past two-and-a-half years.

“My wife and I work as toilet cleaners at the Subang KTM station and we have 20-year-old son who is still studying. Living expenses are too high and we cannot afford to rent a house and were forced to squat at my wife’s sister’s place in PPR Intan Baiduri.

United stand: Independent Living and Training Centre members demonstrating outside the DBKL headquarters.

“The house is already full of people. Being a disabled, I take up a lot of space and so chose to sleep in the car to avoid misunderstandings within the family.

“I have approached DBKL since 2010, appealing for a PPR unit for rent but was told to wait as there were no units available.

“I have also approached Deputy Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing Minister Datuk M. Saravanan for help and he has given a support letter for my application and his personal assistant assured me several times that I would get a unit soon,” he said.

Karuppanan said he was frustrated with the situation.

“It is frustrating to see many empty units at the PPR Intan Baiduri used by drug addicts who damage the property but my family and I have no place of our own,” he added.

Sad state: Karuppanan demonstrating how he has been sleeping in his car for the past two-and-a-half years.

His wife, Pushpavalli Archunan, 49, said they were poor but not asking for a free unit.

“We can still work and just want a unit for rent like everybody else. It is sad to see my husband sleeping in the car every night,” she said.

Petaling Jaya city councillor Anthony Thanasayan was also present in support of Karuppanan.

“There is no excuse for DBKL to treat Karuppanan in such a manner. How can they allow a person to live in such a bad condition.

“It is shocking to find that DBKL, which has put in a lot of effort into building disabled-friendly infrastructure, being insensitive towards their welfare.

“This is simply intolerable. We are here to demand that DBKL provides him with a unit.

ILTC president Francis Siva said it was disappointing to see foreigners living in Malaysia happily while its own citizens were leading a miserable life.

“We are going to wait outside here until the DBKL officers come up with a solution to provide proper housing for Karuppanan,” he said.

Later in the afternoon, Francis said DBKL housing and community development director Sukiman Surahman had called them over for a discussion and handed over an offer letter for a PPR Intan Baiduri unit to Karuppanan.

“Sukiman said Karuppanan and his family will be able to move in within 48 hours and has asked his officers to ensure the unit is ready and safe for occupancy.

“We are happy with the outcome but the process should not be so complicated. The Welfare Depart-ment should play a better role in helping the disabled,” he said.

Wednesday June 6, 2012

Thanasayan reappointed as councillor due to proven track record

By EDWARD R. HENRY and PRIYA MENON
metro@thestar.com.my

PETALING Jaya City councillor Anthony Thanasayan has been reappointed to serve for another term, while two others — Tang Fuie Koh and Harmony Ghani Ismail — whose appointment was put on hold were dropped.

There were calls for Thanasayan to be dropped following several allegations against him.

However, following a two-month indepth investigation these were found to be baseless.

On Monday afternoon, Thanasayan took his oath under the Local Government Act 1976, which was the declaration of acceptance of office in front of Petaling Jaya mayor Datuk Mohammad Roslan Sakiman.

Tang was replaced by Petaling Jaya Utara PKR division chief Lee Chin Cheh or better known as C. C. Lee, 41, while Harmony was dropped in favour of Kelana Jaya PKR Youth chief Azman Yusof, 44.

The chosen ones: (From left) Councillors Suresh, Azman, Yusof Lee and Anthony Thanasayan during the swearing-in ceremony.

Another vacant position was filled by Subang PKR division committee member Suresh Gengiah, 44 — a businessman.

On March 8, the council was thrown into confusion when the swearing-in ceremony scheduled for 10.30am was called off five minutes before the start. It was called off on technical grounds.

Again on March 12, the PJ City council postponed the swearing-in ceremony of its councillors for the second time. On March 20, only 20 councillors were sworn-in for the 2012-2013 term with five new faces.

They were non-governmental organisation members Norliana Ahmad, 41, Ahmad Akhir Pawanchik, 45, DAP member Lee Suet Sen, 42, an engineer and PAS duo Azri Mohamad Arish, 42 and Ghazali Daud, 58.

According to a state administrative official, Lee, Azman and Suresh were vetted thoroughly.

“On Thanasayan’s case, the allegations against him were baseless as there were no documents to support them. It all involved allegations outside the scope of being a councillor. As a councillor, he has a proven track record,” she said.

Thanasayan said he was now more determined to help the disabled community that’s financially disadvantaged.

“For animal welfare, I will think of plans that will involve pet lovers understanding their pets,” he said.

Thanasayan added that his first move was to work with state exco Dr Xavier Jeyakumar to establish a special state council for animals.

Meanwhile, Suresh who lives in Lembah Subang said he was informed of his appointment as a councillor on Friday last week while he was in India.

“I accepted the councillor’s post, as I have the desire to serve the people,” he said.

Lee, a lawyer, said he was eager to use the post to create a more greener environment for PJ folks.

“I have been working behind the scenes for the party for four years and now the party would like me to come to the forefront. I will accept it graciously,” said the former Gerakan member who has been with PKR for 10 years.

Azman, a businessman in the construction line, said he would visit the urban poor of Desa Mentari and Desa Ria who are in need of help.

Finally, a roof over his head

Karuppanan's happy ending came about after 30 disabled people demonstrated on his behalf

FRIDAY, JUNE 08, 2012 - 13:05

by T.K. Letchumy Tamboo

Location: 

KUALA LUMPUR

NEW BEGINNING: Karuppanan receives an offer letter for a PPR unit from Sukiman.

AFTER two and a half years of living in his car, a disabled toilet attendant became the proud owner of a house within two hours yesterday.

Wheelchair-bound V. Karuppanan's happy ending happened after 30 disabled people from the Independent Living and Training Centre (ILTC) demonstrated outside City Hall's headquarters here on his behalf.

The 60-year-old from Selayang, who had applied to City Hall for a flat unit on the first floor of the Intan Baiduri Public Housing Scheme (PPR) since 2009, got his prayers answered when the council's Housing Management department director Sukiman Surahman decided to offer him a vacant unit.

In the 30-minute meeting with Sukiman, Karuppanan, who was accompanied by ILTC adviser Anthony Thanasayan, president Francis Siva and secretary Gurdip Kaur, explained how every one turned a blind eye on him.

"I sought help from City Hall, the Social Welfare Department and the Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing Ministry, but they gave empty promises," said Karuppanan, who had been forced to bath in the toilet that he manages with his wife, A. Pushpavalli, 49, in KTM Subang Jaya.

Pushpavalli, who had been staying at her sister's already crowded house in PPR Intan Baiduri with her 21-year-old son, said she was ecstatic with the flat offer as she did not need to 'squatter' at other people's house anymore.

Karuppanan in his car — Pix: Razak Ghazali

"My husband lost the use of his legs during childhood due to polio. I have to be his limbs and help him out with chores. I clean the washrooms at the Subang Jaya station and he collects money from users.

"We make about RM30 daily and can hardly get through life with it. At least now we have a place to call home," she said.

Sukiman said despite Karuppanan's claim that he had approached City Hall before, this was the first time he heard the problem.

"Karuppanan said he noticed many vacant units at PPR Intan Baiduri and asked why we did not offer him.

"Sometimes, the flats may look vacant but may not be the case. We have to check to ensure it is really vacant.

"I've offered Karuppanan a unit on the first floor of PPR Intan Baiduri after receiving confirmation that it is vacant.

"I've instructed my officers to renovate the unit into a disabled-friendly home by building ramps and revamping the toilet. We hope this can be done within two days and he can then move in with his family," Sukiman said.

A street protest that works

G Vinod

 | June 7, 2012

KUALA LUMPUR: About 20 disabled people demonstrated outside Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) this morning in the name of a homeless man and solved his problem in a matter of hours.

The protesters, representing the Independent Living and Training Centre (ILTC), demanded that City Hall provide housing to V Karuppan, a disabled 60-year-old man who has been living in his car for nearly three years because he is too poor to buy a house.

The group was led by ILTC adviser Anthony Thanasayan, president Francis Siva and secretary Gurdip Kaur.

Karuppan, who hails from Selayang, said that he had been living in his old Proton Saga since 2009.

“I work as washroom attendant at the Subang railway station and I have no fixed income,” he said. “On a good day, I can earn about RM20.”

He said that he had applied to City Hall several times since 2009 for a flat on the first floor of the Intan Baiduri Public Housing Scheme (PPR).

“All DBKL gives is empty promises. Sometimes they say I will get it in a week, sometimes in a month but nearly three years have passed and I have not seen my house yet.”

He said his applications were supported by letters from the Welfare Department and the Deputy Minister of Federal Territories and Urban Well-Being, M Saravanan.

‘Is this a caring government?’

He claimed that an aide to Saravanan once told him to purchase his own house while waiting for City Hall to approve his application.

“If I had the money to buy my own house, why would I want to rent a PPR flat? It’s common sense, isn’t it?”

Karuppan lost the use of his legs in childhood as a consequence of polio. His wife, A Pushpavalli, helps him on his job.

Pushpavalli said she had found out that several flat units at Intan Baiduri, including one on the first floor, had been vacant for three years.

She questioned why City Hall was not willing to approve Karuppan’s application. “You make my husband run up and down for a home knowing he is disabled. And you call yourself a caring government?”

Pushpavalli, 49, stays with her sister at Intan Baiduri at night, but the flat is too crowded to accommodate her husband.

“My sister lives with her extended family in the flat,” she said. “I sleep in the hall.”

Thanasayan, who is also a Petaling Jaya City Hall councillor, said he was shocked when he found out how DBKL was treating Karuppanan.

“The way DBKL is treating a disabled man is disgraceful,” he said. “This just shows that it doesn’t care for us.”

Welfare Department taken to task
He demanded that DBKL provide Karuppan a flat by today or place him in a hotel until it could provide him with a flat.

An aide to DBKL’s director-general told the protesters that City Hall’s director for housing, Sukiman Surahman, could not meet them as he was at a meeting at the DBKL office in Kampung Baru.

When they insisted on a meeting, the aide said City Hall would arrange to transport them to Kampung Baru. However, the three ILTC officials decided to go there on their own, taking Karuppan with them.

The meeting lasted 20 minutes, during which, according to Siva, Sukiman issued a letter to Karuppan that offered him a first floor flat at Intan Baiduri.

“He also instructed his officers to turn the unit into a disabled friendly home by building ramps and renovating the toilet,” Siva said, adding that the unit would be ready in two days.

Although happy with the outcome, Siva criticised the Welfare Department for failing to help Karuppan in the first place.

“The Welfare Department should have dealt with this, not an NGO. We might as well close down the department if this is how they are going to work.”

Thursday May 31, 2012

Rehab centre’s special treatment

By ONG HAN SEAN
hansean@thestar.com.my

BENTONG: A community-based rehabilitation centre (PDK) is embarking on an unconventional technique in treating its special needs children by harnessing the healing power of flowers and plants.

The students of PDK Harapan in Kampung Perting here were all waiting in line excitedly to get tested and receive their remedies in a special treatment called phytobiophysics.

A type of complementary medicine, the treatment constituted the testing for weaknesses in the body and the oral application of remedies derived from flowers.

Slow and easy: Kong performing physical therapy on one of the children at PDK Harapan.

Practitioner Kong Poei Moon said a muscle testing would first be used to determine which part of the body lacked the proper energy.

This testing will help us find out what the body needs and which flower formula that can be used to compensate for the deficiency, she toldStarMetro recently.

Kong said she had also combined phytobiophysics with physical therapy to enhance the treatment and to help the children absorb the remedies easier.

She added that the treatment had shown good results after it was applied on some 15 children at the centre since last year.

Their parents have reported that their children have become cleverer, more independent and able to follow instructions.

Special treatment: Phytobiophysics practitioner Yap Chee Tong administering a flower formula on one of the children.

“These children’s IQ are very high but they cannot communicate properly. The energy from flowers is very gentle and I believe it can help offset some of their weaknesses but as to whether it can cure the children of Downs syndrome completely, we do not know,” said Kong, who had been practising the technique for 11 years.

However, she said phytobiophysics was only acknowledged but not accredited by the Health Ministry due to a lack of concrete evidence of its effectiveness.

It is not that well-known in Malaysia. In fact, PDK Harapan is the only centre which we are using phytobiophysics to treat special needs children, said Kong.

PDK Harapan president Daniel See said he first came across the treatment in an article last year and immediately went out of his way to bring it to the centre.

For going the extra mile in rehabilitating its students, the PDK received the best centre award at the state-level Orang Kurang Upaya (OKU) Day celebration recently.

“I feel there is a need for every PDK to go beyond the scope of just providing basic training. A lot of the deficiencies in these children are rooted mentally. They need something else besides physical training to restore the balance in their bodies and this is my initiative in providing just that,” said See.

Wednesday May 30, 2012

Socso scheme helps injured cabbie get back on his feet

By P. ARUNA
aruna@thestar.com.my

KUALA LUMPUR: Driver Hasni Md Nor, 48, suffered severe spinal injury two years ago after a fall and thought his life was over.

“I was unable to walk for nearly six months and doctors told me I might never recover,” he said, recalling the accident that occurred while he was fixing a roof on the first floor of a building here.

Hasni suffered a burst fracture an injury from a broken vertebrae due to severe compression.

However, the Social Security Organisation (Socso) has given him a new lease on life.

Re-employed: Hasni, who suffered severe spinal injury two years ago, doing his chores at the Hotel Intercontinental where he is currently working.

Hasni responded to its Return to Work programme and accepted Hotel Intercontinental's offer of a job.

The former taxi driver, who also did odd-jobs, is one of 4,842 injured and disabled persons who have been re-employed through the Socso programme.

It not only focuses on finding them work but also provides physical rehabilitation, motivation and skills training.

Hasni manages to carry out his chores at the hotel easily.

“I clean the rooms, do the laundry and ironing. The employer treats us well and I am able to provide for my family once again,” said Hasni, who has two children, aged five and six.

Socso deputy CEO for operations Datuk Dr Mohd Azman Aziz Mohd said many lose confidence after an accident and feel they are no longer valuable to the workforce.

“Our job is to ensure they can continue to be as useful as they were before the accident,” he said.

“If they are unable to do the same job, they are provided with other skills training such as sewing.”

Dr Mohd Azman said a major challenge for Socso was in ensuring employers hired injured and disabled persons.

“Although more companies are willing today compared to when we first started five years ago, there is still a long way to go.”

Disabled patient loses eye in attack

Saturday May 26, 2012

 

Disabled patient loses eye in attack

By STEVEN DANIEL
stevend@thestar.com.my


PETALING JAYA: A disabled woman was blinded in her right eye and is in danger of losing sight in the left after a mentally-ill teenager tried to gouge them out with her hands.


The 19-year-old girl, described as “a very violent patient” escaped from her locked room in a welfare home in Kuala Kubu Baru and attacked the woman, who is also an inmate at the home, at about 6.30pm on Tuesday.


The 38-year-old woman from Seremban, who has a deformed leg and is unable to talk, had been staying at the home for the past 30 years.


It took five workers of the Taman Sinar Harapan home to pull the teenager away from the woman who was rushed to the Kuala Kubu Baru hospital for surgery.


Unfortunately, doctors were unable to save her right eye as it had almost been pulled out of the eye socket.


She has since been transferred to the Selayang Hospital for further treatment.


She was reported to be in stable condition and doctors were still assessing the extent of the damage on her left eye.


Hulu Selangor OCPD Supt Norel Azmi Yahya Afendy said one the woman’s siblings had lodged a police report.


“One of my officers visited the home but we did not arrest the teenager because we are considering her as a mental patient.


“We will wait for the doctor’s assessment on her mental state before completing investigations.“Ultimately, it will be up to the Deputy Public Prosecutor to decide whether to take further action on the matter,” he said.


The case is being investigated under Section 325 of the Penal Code.

PAHANG TO INCREASE MONTHLY ALLOWANCE FOR OKUS

PAHANG TO INCREASE MONTHLY ALLOWANCE FOR OKUS

TEMERLOH, March 13 2012 (Bernama) -- The Pahang government has agreed to increase the monthly allowance RM70 per month given to 4,000 Persons With Disabilities (OKUs) to RM300. 

Pahang Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Adnan Yaakob said with the assistance could help them cope with the higher cost of living. 

He told this to reporters after opening Pahang's OKU Day celebration, which was attended by more than 2,000 OKUs at Tun Abdul Razak Hall, here today. 

Adnan said the new payment was expected to be made in April or May together with the arrears, which would be calculated from January. 

He said, however, the payments would only be given to OKUd who were really not able to do any job.

SOURCE : BERNAMA