Segambut MP Hannah Yeoh said the request was made by several flood victims as they would need to use a lot of water and electricity to clean up their homes following the devastating floods in several areas.

“As this is a massive clean-up job, the flood victims want exemption on payment of this month’s water and electricity bills,” she said at a news conference held at Parliament today.

Yeoh said cleaning-up and repairing their houses, as well as buying new household equipment, would take some time.

She also wants the government to tell employers in the private sector to give paid leave to their employees who have to stay home to clean up their houses, similar to that announced by the government for the civil servants.

Yeoh also urged the women, family and community development ministry to provide immediate aid for the flood victims to ensure that the elderly and those with disabilities were taken care of in this difficult time.