GEORGE TOWN: A resident of Penang’s Taman Manggis low-cost flats has fought back social media users who questioned her business class travel to Sri Lanka, as a controversy continues over the state government’s move to evict occupants it says are not qualified for the government housing project.
Khalidah Nazir Ahmad, 63, said her travel was upgraded to business class after her brother transferred his flying miles to her.
The freelance tour guide said people should “mind their own business” as she was already dealing with her eviction issue.
“It is my personal business these people are spreading online, they are spreading lies about me. In Islam, if they do not apologise, they will have to answer God in the afterlife,” she said.
Social media users questioned Khalidah who posted her business class tickets for a Malaysia Airlines flight to Sri Lanka five years ago.
A picture of her luxuriously decorated PPR flat had also gone viral on Facebook.
Checks showed the business class flight could cost at least RM3,500.
Khalidah said she had stayed in the PPR flat for the past 13 years and the unit was allotted to her by the government.
She claimed that she never knew the homes were for the poor when she moved in.
“Nobody asked me if I was poor when they gave me this unit. I have been paying the rental up to date,” said Khalidah, who is among seven families which have camped outside Komtar to protest their eviction.
The families were evicted Wednesday due to outstanding arrears and their high incomes. Some have also been disqualified from renting the flat for marrying foreigners.
A PPR flat costs RM124 to rent, and is offered to those with a household income below RM1,500.
The Penang government says it had given a six-month eviction notice to the affected residents. - FMT
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