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Flood victims of Penang demand compensation for flood damages and grow restless over the lack of proper government action.

The flood has caused lots of damage to schools and businesses, destroying books and electronic equipment.

Grab (8 seconds):…and the damages were quite high,very high a lot of computers, all were destroyed, (tsk) all went into water, so many many of them affected

Some victims blame the MBPP (Majilis Bandaraya Pulau Pinang), Penang’s city council, for hiring city cleaners who are allegedly sweeping rubbish near drains.

Grab (11 seconds): …隔壁也说了，人的家来的，还乱乱扫…(Even next door said so, they cut branches and leave waste near the drains. I clean it up myself everyday)

Victims are losing faith on the federal government even after they have given one hundred and fifty million to help solve to flood problem.


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Cheah.Wilson Copyandgrab

Hello(!) and welcome to Monash Radio. Penang flood victims find themselves to be in bad water from the disaster that happened during Deepavali and November seventh, with waters reaching above chest height. 

With the flood, came property damage and victims are demanding compensation for flood damages, one sever case of damage was HAN CHIANG COLLEGE, which the school’s electronic equipment were destroyed. Here’s what a security guard witness, IBRAHIM, has to say.

Grab (8 seconds):…and the damages were quite high,very high a lot of computers, all were destroyed, (tsk) all went into water, so many many of them affected

Victims grow frustrated over the lack of action from the federal government, even after one hundred and fifty million has been given to solve the flood problem. Some blame the MBPP (Majilis Bandaraya Pulau Pinang), Penang’s city council, for hiring city cleaners who are allegedly sweeping rubbish near drains.

Grab (11 seconds): …隔壁也说了，人的家来的，还乱乱扫…(Even next door said so, they cut branches and leave waste near the drains. I clean it up myself everyday)

We can only hope for the federal government to do more to help in preventing another disaster before we’re put in deep waters. Wilson Cheah, reporting for Monash Radio.

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