My 78-year old mum and another almost 90-year old lady were asked to collect RM500 vouchers from a community hall in another village at about 8km away.
The BR1M is not for poor people only, the old lady’s son is a multimillionaire, yet she was selected for BR1M because MCA knows she will vote BN.
My mum tagged along my young neighbor to the distribution center. They all have to queue up for a few hours under the scorching sun before they managed to collect taxpayer’s money. My mum was considered lucky for getting RM500 on that day, there are many folks in the list have to collect RM500 in the next round.
Why BN government cannot send the vouchers to successful applicants’ homes?
Why BN government has to distribute cash and vouchers to applicants in the concentration camps for cheap media stunt?
Asking 90-old lady to queue up in a long queue is a civilized way of treating senior citizens?
This below photo from Sin Chew Daily is worth more than a thousand word.
BR1Mming with anger after long wait
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/1/31/nation/10567857&sec=nation
JOHOR BARU: Tempers flared when some 300 people had to wait for hours to collect their RM500 BR1M aid at the district office here.
Some recipients, who came as early as 6am for their vouchers, said they were disappointed with the way the distribution was organised.
Pensioner Mohd Yassin Jawa, 60, said the office should have made more preparations to handle the huge crowd.
“The personnel should have set up proper queue lines with priority given to disabled and senior citizens. No chairs were provided and we had to stand under the sun,” he said.
Unemployed and disabled Tumiran Wartojo, 54, said the waiting area was small and thus crowded.
“The heat was unbearable. The ceiling fan was not working and the toilet was a distance away,” he said.
Meanwhile, a Johor Baru district office spokesman admitted that there were problems in distributing the aid, adding that it was looking into ways to improve the situation.
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