Almost 20% of homeless people rescued in Kuala Lumpur end up back on the streets again,, says Datuk Seri Jalaluddin Alias.<br /><br />The Deputy Federal Territories Minister said this when replying to a question by Datin Dr Tan Yee Kew (PH-Wangsa Maju) in Dewan Rakyat on Tuesday (March 22), and did not deny a suggestion by Steven Choong Shiau Yoon (IND-Tebrau) that some of the homeless people return to living off the streets as they prefer to get free handouts offered by volunteers from non-governmental organisations (NGOs).<br /><br />Meanwhile, Jalaluddin announced that NGOs, including those based outside Kuala Lumpur, were welcomed to offer free food to the homeless during the coming Ramadan fasting month.<br /><br />Read more at https://bit.ly/3L5jKxe<br /><br />WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news<br />SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar<br />LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline
