SHAH ALAM, Feb 27- A total of 1,001 senior citizens in Selangor today filed a suit against the state government and Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim(Pic) to demand payment of Takaful contribution of RM2,500 each, or totalling RM2.5 million, that was promised to them in 2008. The writ of summons was filed by the legal firm of Messrs. Kamarudin & Partners at the High Court registry here today.
They named the Selangor government formed by PKR, DAP and PAS after the 2008 general election as the first defendant and Abdul Khalid as the second defendant. In the statement of claims, the plaintiffs, led by Akhirudin Abd Rashid, stated that the Takaful contribution was promised by the three parties during the 12th general election campaign, but until today, they had not received it. They claimed to have placed high hopes on the promise in the manifesto which was for those aged 60 and above.
The also claimed that Abdul Khalid, as the chief executive of the state government, had abused his power for not taking any action to honour the promise and that both the defendants had practised discrimination against them. Meanwhile, their lawyer, Kamarudin Ahmad, said his clients were the first batch of senior citizens to file such a suit. He said they were from Shah Alam, Gombak, Tanjung Karang, Ampang, Hulu Langat and Kuala Selangor. According to the Selangor Senior Citizen Action Association chairman, Datuk Ismail Kijo, there are 300,000 senior citizens registered in the state.
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