3 orphaned Indian dead bodies in Klang. Poverty related & unclaimed.

This is again yet another indicator of the height of Indian poverty in Malaysia.

The funeral service may cost at least about RM 2,000.00 each. These families can not afford the RM 2,000.00 and so these three bodies lie unclaimed in the mortuaries. This is just the tip of the iceberg. We estimate that there are thousands of such bodies lying in mortuaries nationwide every year based on the fact that about 70% of the 2.2 Million Indians are in the poor or hardcore poor category. The families of these deceased may earn as low as RM 200.00 per month working as cleaners and cannot afford this RM 2,000.00 funeral service.

We have never heard of this kind of predicament happening to even any poor Malay, Chinese or Orang Asli family. Why is it always the Indians who have to suffer these kind of myseries. The reason is the Indians have been excluded from the national mainstream development of Malay-sia and there is neither care or concern by the Welfare Minsitry. And the BN government is more interested in doling out funds to divorced muslim women.

P. Uthayakumar