Welfare home reported with occupants in 'cage' under probe
Rohani (pix) said she was waiting for the follow-up report about the home which has gone viral on social media. -Filepix
The Women, Family and Community Development Ministry is awaiting a report from its officials sent to a welfare home in Perak whose occupants are reportedly placed in a fenced cubicle like a cage.
Its minister, Datuk Seri Rohani Abdul Karim said she was waiting for the follow-up report about the home which has gone viral on social media.
"I instructed officials to go to that place ... I am now waiting for a detailed report from them," she told Bernama after appearing as a guest in a programme aired by Bernama News Channel Monday.
She said the welfare home is a registered care centre.
Rohani, however, stressed that children or people with disabilities who are residents of any welfare centre must be treated properly and maintained by taking into account the standard operating procedures (SOP).
"I want to make sure whether the welfare centre concerned is complying with the SOP," she said.
It was reported that a visitor to the welfare home for children with disabilities in Batu Gajah found the residents placed in a special 'cage', and the issue is getting mixed reactions from netizens. -- Bernama
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