Beggars at busy traffic light junctions stir public annoyance

Traffic hazard: A beggar on crutches going from vehicle to vehicle peddling pens to motorists at the traffic light exit to Bukit Raja, about 250m from the Sungai Rasau toll plaza in Selangor. –SHAHRUL FAZRY ISMAIL/THE STAR

PETALING JAYA: Foreign beggars are cornering hapless motorists at busy traffic light junctions, causing uneasiness among Malaysians and invoking scenes straight out of impoverished countries.

They go after car drivers who stop at the red lights and approach them on the pretext of selling items like pens and tissue packets.