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Home for them is the staircase
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| K. Jeya Thilaga (centre) with her youngest daughter (right) and A. Nadiya on the right.the elder girl, at the staircase of a flat which has become their sleeping quarters after being evicted. |
SHAH ALAM: A single mother and two children have been sleeping at the staircase of a flat here since Dec 16 after they were kicked out of their rented flat.
K. Jeya Thilaga, 36, is staying on the third floor of the flat in Taman Alam Megah with her 11-year-old daughter and her sister-in-law's 15-year-old girl.
With her income of RM420 a month, she has not been able to pay the RM380 rental for three months.
The owner finally evicted them from the flat and with nowhere to go, she just put her few belongings at the side of the flat staircase and they slept on mats.
Jeya, who was a picture of despair when the New Straits Times visited her, said she had nobody to turn to and nowhere to go.
She said her husband left her six years ago and her three older children also left her about a year ago.
She works as a contract worker at a factory here but as an asthmatic, she had to take frequent medical leave.
"The little income I get, I spend it mainly on provisions and for my medical bills. My sister-in-law's daughter is also an asthmatic. With all these problems I just could not pay the rental.
"When the owner told me to move out, I had to put my belongings at the staircase and sleep there.
"My neighbours have been giving us food and also allow us to use the bathrooms. To have some money in hand, I have sold my gas cylinder and am ready to sell other things, too.
However, all hope was not lost as news of her predicament reached Shah Alam councillor R.S Maniam and arrangements were immediately made to get her a house.
He forked out RM1,000 from his own pocket and arranged for her to move to a council home in Section 23. A council home is provided by the local council as a temporary home for those in urgent need of a house. The rental is only RM250 per month.
Maniam also bought her a month's supply of provisions and would be enrolling her for aid under the urban poverty eradication programme.
"I was shocked to see her and the children sleeping on the staircase and I hope she will have a normal life now."
Maniam said the elder girl was without a birth certificate and efforts would also be made to get her proper identification documents.
Dear Samy if you are not a supporter of Hindraf then you are not an Indian and you are not a Hindu….. you have sold all our rights…. you better run away from this country…. go to india you have alots of properties…. go and enjoy the rest of your life… there….. we know you are a SMART person….and that you’ll make the right decision…..