Bus terminal a hotspot for vagabonds


Vagrants sleeping on a bench at the Komtar bus terminal.

THE Komtar bus terminal’s high concentration of vagrants is not a result of rising poverty but the generosity of the people, said state Welfare, Caring Society and Environment Committee chairman Phee Boon Poh.

“Komtar used to be ‘dead’ but it has been revived as a tourist hotspot. This is why beggars congregate here as they can earn up to RM300 per day from the heavy foot traffic.

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