Concerted effort needed to ease the plight of Sabah's street children, says Unicef


KOTA KINABALU: Fourteen-year-old Samirah (not her real name) used to roam the streets, begging and sometimes selling snacks.

She did not know the alphabet and numbers were just strange symbols to her, but she was aware that money had value.

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