Family of five living in old car


GEORGE TOWN: A family of five has been calling a 30-year-old Proton Saga Aeroback their home for the past eight months.

Security guard S. Ganesh, 33, his wife Parameswari, 32, and their three daughters, aged six, three and eight months old, have been living in the car since their squatter home in Carnarvon Street was razed in a fire in April.

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