Beggars choose to take the easy way out

Friday September 4, 2009
The Star Online

TAKE a walk around the city or any of its suburbs and you are almost guaranteed to run into a beggar. These beggars are usually disabled, old or very young and they sit along the pathways waiting for a handout.

Those who beg tend to frequent places with high traffic like night markets or outside banks or gambling outlets in commercial areas.

A trader at the SS13 night market in Subang Jaya said he had seen various individuals, including handicapped children and adults, old folks and mother-and-child pairs begging at the night market almost every week.

Asking for sympathy: A mother and child seen begging at the SS13 night market in Subang Jaya.

The trader, who identified himself as Lam, believed that the beggars are part of a syndicate as his friend, who is a trader at the Kepong night market, has also seen the same faces.

In plain sight: A badly scarred individual seen begging at the Section 17 night market in Petaling Jaya.

High traffic: The beggars choose places where there are a lot of passers-by to maximise their gains.

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