Viral Mum With 6 Kids Who Was Living In A Car Reveals She Is Suffering From Breast Cancer
It was revealed that three of her children also require medical attention.
By May Vin Ang — 24 Jun 2020, 01:11 PM
Recently, the Malaysian Twittersphere learned about the plight of a 30-year-old mother and her six children who lived in a car parked near a petrol station in Hulu Selangor
Zakat Selangor shared the family's unfortunate situation on Twitter yesterday, 23 June, after finding them to provide emergency aid and financial assistance.
They learned that the woman, a single mother, was laid off from her job since the Movement Control Order (MCO) began in March.
The mother and her children, the youngest being only five months old, were then forced to move out of their home as they could not afford to pay rent.
Together with her other five children who are aged between two to 14 years old, they slept in a car that had broken air-conditioning for almost four months.
It was learned that the woman is also in the process of getting a divorce from the children's father who had left them to fend for themselves a few months before the MCO
To add to the single mother's plight, she revealed that she was suffering from breast cancer while three of her children require medical attention.
Zakat Selangor shared that one of her children was disabled, the two-year-old has a heart defect that required follow-up at Hospital Serdang, and the youngest has a lump in his neck that is still under investigation at Hospital Selayang.
Her situation came to the Zakat Selangor's attention only when she recently reached out to social activist Kuan Chee Heng, better known as 'Uncle Kentang', for help
Kuan wrote on his Facebook account that he immediately went to the petrol station where the car was located to check on their condition.
He said he was so sad to find that the whole family was living in a car.
"From the heat of the car with a broken air-conditioner, imagine how seven of them sleep in there. I quickly took them to Rasa Police Station for lunch," he wrote.
He said that he reported their situation to the police immediately to enable the family to receive assistance from relevant government agencies.
He then gave the mother some money and also sent their car to a workshop for repair.
Currently, the family is being housed in a hotel paid for by a non-governmental organisation, Darul Jariyah
Zakat Selangor has also determined that the single mother was considered asnaf fakir or someone who did not have the basic means to provide for themselves or their dependents, and gave them an emergency RM500 donation while waiting for further help.
The board said they will continue to provide her with a monthly allowance for rent, food, and medicine to take care of her family.
