Plight of Armed Forces veteran living in a car gets PM's attention

• Published date: 28 May 2022
• Publication title: Malay Mail Online

News of a retired armed forces personnel who has been using a car as his home in the past 20 years caught the attention of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

Today, the prime minister who was represented by his political secretary, Datuk Syed Mohd Fazmi Sayid Mohammad visited Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) retiree Mohd Redzuan Abdullah, 60, at the back of a convenience store in Taman Sungai Besi here today.

As a sign of better things to come for Mohd Redzuan or better known as Pak Wan, Syed Mohd Fazmi said in cooperation with the Federal Territories Ministry, a transit house would be allocated to him soon.

'We will look into lightening the burden of Pak Wan so that he could move to a more comfortable home while staff of MAF Veteran Affairs Department (JHEV) were also present to assist in registering...