Api-Api rep calls for tougher action on street beggars in Kota Kinabalu


Some of the homeless and beggars in the city.

KOTA KINABALU: Enforcement against street beggars must be enhanced in view of their increasing presence in the city, said Api-Api assemblyman Loi Kok Liang.

He said while there are existing frameworks, for example the “rescue and placement” mechanism, enforcement efforts needed to be intensified to deal with these people.

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