‘66 homeless people rescued from Seremban streets this year’

Tan chatting with one of the homeless people during her rounds in the Seremban city centre.

AUTHORITIES have rescued 66 homeless people off the streets of Seremban so far this year, an increase from 58 last year.

Negri Sembilan women, family and welfare committee chairman Nicole Tan Lee Koon said 18 of the 66 were involved in alcohol abuse and glue sniffing, while seven had mental illness.