Najib visits city’s homeless, announces establishment of shelter within six months


Prime Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Tun Razak (fifth from right) and Kuala Lumpur mayor Datuk Seri Ahmad Phesal Talib (fourth from right) meeting the homeless peoples near Plaza Kota Raya in Pudu.

KUALA LUMPUR: A shelter to house the homeless is expected to be ready within six months, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

"We are going to provide a place for them to sleep and shower as well as maybe lockers for them to keep their things," he said, after dropping by at a soup kitchen in Jalan Tun Perak on Wednesday night.

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