Several people have complained that there have also been instances where flood victims were asked to pay to be rescued. Flood victim Abu Rashid Maidin said he had to pay a boatman who came around with a boat to rescue his family who had been stranded for two days.
When i read the headlines today, i was disheartened.
Taking advantage of your very own people in the face of disaster and in a life and death situation is just totally unacceptable.
I don't know if i'm just naive or unexposed, but to know that these attitude exist even in my very own country just shows how little l-i-f-e is treasured and cherished in humanity generally.
It's saddening to know that it's happening to your very own people in your very own country and yet there's nothing you could do about it except to lament.
“I was desperate and did not know what to do. There was no way of getting help from the authorities as the telephone lines were down. My mobile phone was not working,'' the 34-year-old said.
Abu Rashid said he and several others paid the boatman between RM50 and RM100 to be sent to the nearest evacuation centre.
“I told the boatman that my family needed help and my wallet was missing. The boatman even told me that he was giving me a discount as others were willing to pay more,” he said.
When i read the headlines today, i was disheartened.
What has the world becoming of?
Why are people becoming so cold and inhumane?
Isn't apathy and ignorance enough?
Since when rescuing requires payment?
Taking advantage of your very own people in the face of disaster and in a life and death situation is just totally unacceptable.
Come'on! They are stranded and in distress for goodness sake! Don't you have any inclination to help and for once not talk about money!
What if you were in their shoes?.. you pathetic unscrupulous people!
I don't know if i'm just naive or unexposed, but to know that these attitude exist even in my very own country just shows how little l-i-f-e is treasured and cherished in humanity generally.
Looting shops and stores during a flood or a disaster, is not surprising, so much so, it's still tolerable.
But charging a fee while rescuing lives is simple intolerable, unacceptable and defies all natural, form of human behaviour and instinct.
Is $$$ more important than life itself?
It's saddening to know that it's happening to your very own people in your very own country and yet there's nothing you could do about it except to lament.
It's scary to know that the world we're living in is so hostile, so cold, so tak-berperasaan..
It's even scarier to know that our children will be living in this dog-eat-dog kind of world.
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Where is the compassion?
Where is the love?
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