Beggars plague Ipoh streets

(Top) Rusnah said the difficulty faced by the Welfare Department is that those begging would move from one place to another. (Left) A one-legged man walking in the middle of the road at the Jalan Raja Musa Aziz and Jalan Sultan Idris Shah junction in Ipoh, begging from motorists.

AS THE traffic light turned red at the junction of Jalan Raja Musa Aziz and Jalan Sultan Idris Shah, motorist Benny Chan was taken aback when he saw a double amputee emerging from the sidewalk and crawling to the middle of the road.

The man who looked to be in his 40s put on a particularly pitiful appearance when he started begging for money from cars.