Floods: The long journey home


Stranded: Flood victims waiting for the water to recede at Taman Seri Muda Seksyen 25 in Shah Alam. — Bernama

WHEN I drove my son to a hospital in Shah Alam for his check-up on Saturday morning, I had no inkling that it would take me 20 hours to get home instead of the regular 30 minutes.

We had gone to a private hospital less than 10km away from our house in TTDI Jaya, Shah Alam.

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