SEGAMAT, March 5 – The Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Sunday visited the flood victims at the Temporary Transfer Center (PPS) of Sekolah Kebangsaan Gemereh, near here. Anwar, who arrived at about 11.20am at the PPS, spent about 20 minutes meeting the flood victims at the PPS which houses 125 residents from 32 families. In addition to being friendly and saying hello, he also inspected the educational psychological activity room for flood victims’ children, which is run by the Department of Social Welfare (JKM).
His arrival also excited the residents of PPS, including the elderly and young people, who were happy to see the face of the country’s number one leader more closely. Earlier, Anwar heard a briefing on the situation during the flood disaster in the district at Camp 4, Royal Artillery Regiment, Segamat. He is now scheduled to visit PPS flood victims at Kampung Tengah National Type (Chinese) School, which accommodates 502 residents from 133 families.
As of 8am this morning, the number of flood victims in Johor has increased to 44,860 people with Batu Pahat being the worst affected. The floods in Johor have also resulted in four deaths so far. Anwar previously said the federal government would channel flood relief amounting to RM50 million to the state of Johor, to help the flood victims and the immediate needs in the state. – BERNAMA
