Community welfare issues must transcend politics


Homeless folks and urban poor are facing hard times during the Covid-19 pandemic in Miri. — STEPHEN THEN/The Star

SEVERAL politicians on opposite sides of the political divide in Sarawak have been criticising each other in the local media over who has not been doing enough to help the needy in these difficult times brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic.

These politicians ought to stop as this is not the time for political wrestling.

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