Flood volunteers plead for govt help


Simple meal: Stranded hotel guests preparing meals with the limited resources at hand. — Photo courtesy of flood victims

PETALING JAYA: Volunteers at ground zero in Hat Yai, Thailand, are appealing for help from the Malaysian government as they struggle with limited resources to evacuate large numbers of fellow Malaysians trapped by floods.

“Urgent request from ground zero: there is a dire need for more manpower to bring people out from their hotels,” United Sikhs Malaysia president Sunil Shukvir Singh told The Star from Hat Yai.

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