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Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Malaysian Tsunami Aid Tsunamied


It is almost 6 months since the tsunami occurred. But it appears that there are still many victims of the tsunami who had yet to receive the aid that was promised. What has happened to the millions collected from the generous people of Malaysia and eventually handed over to the gomen for distribution to the victims. Here is a story from Malaysiakini entitled :: Irregularities alleged in tsunami aid schemes by Adriana Nordin Manan. It says that financial aid and other resources have been slowly trickling down but not in any co-ordinated way, according to some accounts on the ground. The locals have mentioned that there political undercurrents in the reconstruction efforts for the tsunami victims and that there is rivalry between political parties in coming to their aid. The gomen response is also being carefully watched. The cynics among the victims expect that the more aid like permanent housing will be completed just in time for the next general election, and that is a long while to wait for those who have lost their houses during the tsunami.

Jonathan Kent, BBC News, Kuala Lumpur correspondent also take another look at the aid for Malaysian tsunami victims under this heading :: The mystery of Malaysia's tsunami aid. He reported that "Some villagers say help has been slow in coming, others say they have yet to receive any aid at all. And in some cases, aid appears to have simply disappeared into a black hole." Again like in the Malaysiakini story, some of the victims are saying :: "The government thinks it's already helped the people adequately as far as the tsunami disaster is concerned." "But the problem is the people who have been affected are not getting the aid. Somebody along the middle line is not able to make that aid reach them." When asked by the BBC, the man in charge of Malaysia's tsunami relief operation, our DPM, says that he is confident the relief effort is largely going well. Kent concluded his report by saying :: "The tsunami clearly brought out the best in millions of Malaysians, but it also bought out the worst in a few. But few in authority seem to want to confront the issue."


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