Red tape leaves disabled pair struggling on RM400 a month

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Madam Tan was recently informed that she was no longer eligible for Senior Citizen Aid.PETALING JAYA: While the authorities try to deal with a new and higher definition of poverty, an elderly woman with two disabled children has been tripped up by regulations and red tape and left to fend for herself on RM400 a month. And even that might go. The woman, who has hearing problems, had been receiving welfare aid since 2008 – but lost it after her daughter got a job as a waitress, earning RM1,100 a month. Then the job was lost as well, because of the Covid-19 shutdown. Now they live on the RM400 a month which her daughter receives in welfare aid for disabled persons, because she has learning difficulties but fear that amount might be reduced because as a jobless person she doesn’t qualify for a higher allowance. Speaking to FMT, Madam Tan (not her real name) said a neighbour had emaile…