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Over 30,000 families in KL live below poverty line

The FT minister says this group do not have basic needs such as food, clothes and shelter.

Over 30,000 families out of 1.8 million population in Kuala Lumpur are estimated to have an income of below RM2,200, which is below the poverty line, and needs appropriate assistance, said the Federal Territories Minister Annuar Musa.

Annuar said the number was identified in 178 localities around Kuala Lumpur...

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