民政党峇都区部于上周三(11月14日) 适逢屠妖节在冼都巴刹(Sentul Pasar)一带进行探访活动，拜访当地的一些贫苦家庭并赠送日用品。
参与活动的峇都区民政党服务中心协调员刘华才博士指出，在活动当中，他们发现其中一户贫苦人家一直以来都在照顾住于对面的一位独居老翁。这名老翁名叫吴天胜，现年72岁，是一名残疾人士，在当地独居了15年。根据了解，这名老翁都有获得福利局每月300零吉的援助金，但因行动不便必须托人帮忙领取援助金，而需支付100零吉的佣金，自己则只拿到200零吉。而最近却已经一年没有拿到钱，唯有靠邻居的救济得以过活。
"我们怀疑有人以老翁的名义领取援助金而没有将钱交给老翁。而这一户贫苦人家不惜照料一名非亲非故的独居老翁，实在令人感动。民政党峇都区将安排福利部跟进这名老翁的案例和其生活起居，尽快提供进一步协助。"刘华才表示。
刘华才博士也补充，民政党将持续服务峇都国会选区的居民，照顾弱势群体，并解决他们的民生问题和提高他们的生活素质。
Relief fund for a disabled elderly man has been raked off and confiscated
Batu Gerakan promises to arrange the Welfare Department to carry out an investigation
Press statement by Batu Gerakan Service Centre Coordinator
Dr. Dominic Lau Hoe Chai
19 November 2012
Much to our surprise, the monthly RM 300 relief fund of a disabled elderly man has been raked off and confiscated, Gerakan Batu Division urged the Welfare Department to carry out an investigation.
In conjunction with Deepavali, Gerakan Batu Division went on to have a local visitation programme in Sentul Pasar on last Wednesday (14 November) in order to pay a visit to some poor families in the local while at the same time giving out daily necessities.
Batu Gerakan Service Centre Coordinator Dr. Dominic Lau Hoe Chai who joined the visitation programme pointed out that in the midst of the visitation, we found out that one of the poor families has always been taking care of an elderly man who lives in solitude just the opposite of their house. The elderly man named Goh Tian Seng, aged 72 and disabled, he has been living in the local for the past 15 years. It is understood that the elderly man has been receiving the monthly RM 300 relief fund from the Welfare Department, however due to his reduced mobility he has to seek the help from others to collect the relief fund on his behalf, RM 100 will have to be paid as commission with the rest of RM 200 is the amount left for his own intake. But recently he has not been receiving any money for the past one year with help from the neighbor is the only reliance for him to continue his living.
"We suspect that someone has been collecting the relief fund nominally on behalf of the elderly man but did not pass the money to him. While this poor family is all willing to take care of a non-relative elderly man who lives in solitude, it is truly touching. Gerakan Batu Division will arrange the Welfare Department to follow-up the case of this elderly man and his daily life in order to provide further assistance as soon as possible," said Dr. Dominic Lau.
Dr. Dominic Lau also added that Gerakan would continue to serve the residents of Batu parliamentary constituency, take care of the disadvantaged groups, and solve their livelihood problems as well as to improve their quality of life.
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