On the tail of bogus beggars


  • Letters
  • Sunday, 09 Mar 2003

To give or not to give? Malaysians will have to decide whether they are doing a good deed or aiding a bad cause when they give money to beggars. DEVID RAJAH, IZATUN SHAARI and ZANI SALLEH report on this problem in the first of a two-part series

 

IT is 9.30pm in Bangsar Telawi – a trendier side of town. A hunchback with crutches stands out conspicuously as he walks past some wayside tables put up by a restaurant. 

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