Ramanan: RM10,000 one-off aid for families of all 54 Malaysian flood victims in Nepal-Tibet

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 6 — The families of all 54 Malaysian flood victims in the Nepal-Tibet tragedy will be provided with a one-time payment of RM10,000, according to Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri R. Ramanan. The decision was made by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim during a recent Cabinet meeting after extensive discussions.

Ramanan revealed that the payment is to be distributed according to a specific order of priority, starting with the victim's spouse or partner, followed by parents, and lastly, children. The minister emphasized that the names of the recipients will be published in an official list. Ramanan also stated that he has instructed K. Raveendran Nair, the director-general of the Malaysian Indian Community Transformation Unit (Mitra), to gather further information from the Finance Ministry and contact the families of the deceased at the earliest.

The catastrophic flood and subsequent debris flow, triggered by a glacial ice and rock avalanche in Tibet, have resulted in 1,451 fatalities and left around 5,700 people, including more than 600 foreign nationals, missing.