A qualified lawyer who writes for those who can’t


Serving the people: Priya busy at her ‘office’ in a heritage building at the corner of Lebuh Bishop and Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling while her walk-in clients wait to see her. — CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: People who are illiterate or just cannot put thought on paper, crowd into an olden-day coffee shop in the heritage enclave here almost daily.

At the shop front is a decades-long nasi kandar eatery, famed for its mutton kurma, and at the back is a woman, a petition writer, listening to her clients’ needs and typing out epistles for them to find the solutions they seek.

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