KUALA LUMPUR: About a third of the 1,574 people living in the Welfare Department’s old folks home are people abandoned by their children, signalling a serious problem in Malaysia.
Deputy Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun said “abandoned parents” had come about as their children moved to urban areas or overseas to seek greener pastures.
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