A majority of the people waiting for handouts in Johor Baru city centre are not actually homeless, but those who lost their jobs in Singapore and were forced to return to Malaysia due to the pandemic, says a state executive councillor.
According to Johor investment, entrepreneur development, cooperatives and human resource committee chairman Datuk Mohd Izhar Ahmad (pic), some of the people who lost their jobs in Singapore had refused to work in the state because of the lower pay.
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