Hannah Yeoh questions delay in food aid for opposition-held areas

Hannah Yeoh questions delay in food aid for opposition-held areas

She asks if Rina Harun's women and family ministry is being selective in distributing the food baskets.

Segambut MP Hannah Yeoh.
PETALING JAYA:
Former deputy women, family and community development minister Hannah Yeoh today questioned if the ministry was being selective in distributing the 1,000 food baskets promised to help households cope with the restrictions under the movement control order (MCO).

In a statement, she said food baskets had yet to be delivered to 54 parliamentary constituencies held by the opposition.

She said any delay in distribution would affect families, especially those from the B40 segment, as the MCO enters its third phase.

It was enforced on March 18 to contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. It has since been extended twice.

“The minister must be prepared to manage the aid more fairly if the MCO is to be extended,” Yeoh said in a Facebook post, referring to Women and Family Development Minister Rina Harun.

She also included a list of the constituencies she said had yet to receive the aid, which include Shah Alam, Sepang, Subang, Bukit Mertajam, Penampang and Kampar.

She urged Rina to improve the delivery system to ensure that aid is not distributed selectively.

She previously said many opposition MPs had been asking why the food baskets had yet to arrive in their constituencies.

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