THE owner of an orphanage and old folks home in Johor Baru has taken politicians and community leaders to task for making promises without coughing up even a single cent, Malaysia Nanban reported.
S. Mukunthan, who operates the Sandhya home for abandoned people, said: “They hold ceremonies in front of the public and the press and hand over mock cheques with promises of assistance.
“When the spotlight is no more, they forget their promises.”
When the aid does not reach the poor, members of the public assume the money given by the politicians had been pocketed by the greedy operator.
This, said Mukunathan, had made life difficult for the orphanages.
Mukunthan was speaking at a lunch function organised by the Johor Indian Taxi Drivers’ Association.
The home has 54 inmates, including elderly people and children. Eleven of them are in secondary school and eight in primary school.
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