RM1mil aid to arrange funerals of non-Muslims at Pusara HKL

RM1mil aid to arrange funerals of non-Muslims at Pusara HKL

The government says this is to ease the financial burden of next of kin in the lower-income group.

Funeral arrangements for non-Muslims had been delayed due to lack of money and personnel. (Bernama pic)
PUTRAJAYA:
The government will provide financial assistance of RM1 million for funeral arrangements of non-Muslim Malaysians at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital One Stop Centre (Pusara HKL).

The national unity ministry, working with the housing and local government ministry, said RM500,000 of this allocation would be provided under the Malaysian Indian Transformation Unit.

The remainder, it said, will be from the Kampung Baru Development Programme, for funeral arrangements of the Chinese and other non-Muslim bodies.

“This financial assistance is to ease the financial burden of the next of kin in the B40 group,” it said in a statement here today.

According to the ministry, financial constraints and shortage of personnel had caused problems and delays in funeral arrangements, especially for B40 families.

This aid is the result of a survey and feedback received by the ministry when national unity minister Halimah Mohamed Sadique visited Pusara HKL on Thursday.

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