Orphans receive benefits

Sharing is caring: Dr Mohammed Azman spending time with the siblings during a visit to their home in Kota Perdana, Seri Kem­ban­gan.

PETALING JAYA: Five siblings who lost their parents to Covid-19 are eligible to receive benefits under the Employees Social Security Act.

Hadrami Hasil, 11, together with his younger siblings Humaira, nine, Harraz, eight, Hawwas, six, and Hannan, three, received a one-off funeral management benefit of RM2,000 and will be paid an invalidity pension of RM835.70 per month.They will continue to receive the benefit until they reach 21 or when they graduate from tertiary education.