allow to detain homeless person, serious?

Yesudas said the biggest issue with the DPA 1977 is that it allowed authorities to target people for being poor, criminalising them for their economic status.

Under the act, the authorities have the power to detain a homeless person and produce him orher in front of a magistrate before imprisoning them.

If the magistrate has reasons to believe that he or she is a destitute person, an order can be made to temporarily admit the person to a welfare home for one month, pending a report from the officer.

After which, if the magistrate is satisfied with the report, the order can be extended for a further period of three years.

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Holy crap! Being poor or homeless in Malaysia is a big disadvantage with such act, may lead to imprison. Is this really against human right? Is this mean we need to CHEAT, STEAL, KILL and ROB as long as we are not poor and homeless right? You have a highest number civil servants compared to other countries yet, the best idea you had right now is to rid off homeless people from the city without solution to assist them with sincere heart. It is not a crime being poor nor homeless! jobs are in the city, where got money to pay transportation when they cannot even afford a meal? 
Do hope govt willing to discuss with NGO to find solutions and assistance to people in need of help, don't simple make a decision without looking at the consequences. Let's have a win-win situation in both side!

humanitarian aid to Malaysia victims floods

Abu Dhabi:
President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan (UAE) has ordered the commitment of Dh36.6 million (US$10 million) in humanitarian aid for tens of thousands of people affected by the floods which hit Malaysia in Pahang and Kelantan recently.

The UAE aid will help more than 20,000 Malaysian families in Kelantan state and in Pekan, in Pahang state, where floods swept several residential areas, wreaking wide destruction to properties.

The Red Crescent Authority (RCA) which will implements the initiative, will repair more than 20,000 damaged households and provide them with basic materials procured from the Malaysian domestic markets.

The UAE's initiative will enable more than 100,000 Malaysians to return to their homes and to begin working to restore their lives to normal. – Emirates News Agency, WAM


http://www.bharian.com.my/bharian/articles/PresidenUAEdermaRM32_9j/Article/

http://www.uaeinteract.com/docs/UAE-President-orders-Dh36.6-million-in-relief-aid-for-Malaysia/58999.htm

Yeap, now we need to rely others' government to help victims to get back to their normal lives fast as possible as he understand how hard to rebuild without or with limited monetary or support from no one.
Further more UAE, The Highness do not seek the victims to shake his hands in front of the media as an evidence. Kindness comes from the heart, without boasting how GREAT in the Oneself. A BIG THANK YOU For YOUR AID fund, where it mean a lot to the victims.