MORE than 5,000 refugees registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have flocked into Butterworth to become beggars, reported China Press.
Penang Health, Welfare, Caring Society and Environment Committee chairman Phee Boon Poh said most of them were from Myanmar and children were used to gain sympathy from the public.
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