Mother eats uncooked rice for three days so daughter can eat bread
Like most parents, everything Aisha does is for her seven-year-old daughter Paymitra.
Along with her husband - Paymitra's father - they live at the Desa Rejang PPR (People's Public Housing) and survive on Aisha's husband monthly salary of RM1,500 as a security guard in Cheras.
However, Aisha said, the family has been saddled with utility bills and rent, along with her mother-in-law's backdated rent of close to RM5,000...
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