BAGAN Barisan Nasional co-ordinator David Chua in Penang has come to the aid of Lalitha Arumugam who has suffered a string of misfortunes.
Chua said he would be making arrangements for Lalitha, 67, to receive financial aid from the state Welfare Department soon.
“I was really touched when Lalitha related her suffering when she came to receive her RM500 voucher under Bantuan Rakyat 1Malaysia aid.
“I decided to help the family because the Barisan government is always caring for the less for-tunate,” he said after visiting Lalitha at her home in Taman Ketapang in Sungai Puyu, Butterworth, on Monday.
Seberang Prai Welfare Department officer A. Tinesh and Special Issues Department officer Arbaaiah Ter-mizi accompanied Chua during the visit.
The Star had highlighted Lalitha’s plight when she received the voucher from Chua at SJK Sungai Puyu on Sunday.
Lalitha’s 75-year-old husband C. Krishnan, a former Telekom employee who was diagnosed with abdominal tumour, died in August last year.
Their son Kaliappan, 46, a clerk with Universiti Sains Malaysia, died of liver cirrhosis 13 days later.
Kaliappan’s wife, S. Shanti, 46, a factory production operator, recently fractured her leg and shoulder in an accident while travelling to her workplace.
Lalitha’s daughter Kanchana, 45, a clinic assistant, was widowed five years ago when her husband, M. Nagarethinam, then 43, an ambulance driver, died from brain haemorrhage after a fall while helping to clean a temple.
Shanti has three children aged between 13 and 22, and Kanchana has three, aged between 12 and 19.
Three of Lalitha’s grandchildren were pursuing diploma courses at Politeknik Seberang Prai, while her remaining grandchildren were still schooling.
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