Strong Disabled Protest In Gombak
23/10/2013
ABOUT 45 Disabled Malaysians have gathered here outside the Social Welfare Department of Malaysia (Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat Malaysia - JKMM) to express our shock and outrage over the department's new nationwide policy for all disabled workers.
Disabled Malaysians who were receiving workers allowances of RM300 monthly suddenly found our money cut by Welfare.
The Welfare Department has come up with a new policy that recipients of welfare allowance will have to "renew" our applications for their benefits to continue.
But we argue that this not only inconveniences us further but it is a hidden attempt to try and disqualify more people from financial assistance.
We also say that welfare officers should come to our homes to facilitate the reapplication as most of the welfare officers are unfriendly to our wheelchairs with no ramps or toilets.
The new policy move is seen as an especially cruel blow with Budget 2014 to be announced on Friday and Hindus with disabilities will be unable to celebrate Deepavali on November 2 wit the fund cuts.
The disabled are demanding that the policy be scrapped at once.
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The event is organised by PETPOSITIVE and the Independent Living and Training Centre Malaysia, based in Rawang, Selangor.
