Broke and homeless, trishaw pedallers come to a dead halt

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Trishaw pedallers find solace on the sidewalks of Pitt Street in George Town, Penang.GEORGE TOWN: Penang’s trishaw pedallers have hit rock-bottom because of the three-month lockdown. With no one on the streets and no foreign tourists, their income has been zero. Many of them are now forced to live in their trishaws, as they cannot afford to rent a house or room, while some cannot even afford to buy food, according to the Penang Trishaw Pedallers Association. They also need to fork out money for medicines. Association president Abdul Latiff Mohd said there had been cash aid from the federal and state governments, but the money was not enough. Most of the 300-odd trishaw pedallers were very poor, and desperate. “We would not mind working as street sweepers, janitors or any other odd-jobs in the meantime,” he said when met outside Kapitan Keling Mosque at Pitt Street here yesterday. …