BENTONG, December 25 – The government will contribute RM10,000 to the next of kin of each victim who died in the current floods that hit the country. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said he would get the list of the names of those killed from the district disaster centre to ensure prompt delivery of the contribution to the affected next of kin.
“We are very sympathetic and saddened by what happened and we will provide some contribution…we will channel through the district office, which will hand it over to the next of kin of the victim concerned. “It is learnt that the Pahang government is also providing RM5,000 to the next of kin of each victim killed in the floods,” he told a press conference after visiting the flood victims at the relief centre (PPS) at Sekolah Kebangsaan Bukit Piatus here today.
