INTERACTIVE: How Malaysians mobilised online to aid flood victims


People cleaning up their house after floods hit Taman Sri Nanding in Hulu Langat. (AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star)

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  • Saturday, 25 Dec 2021

PETALING JAYA: In the span of just six days, nearly 150,000 social media users took their own initiative to organise and deliver much-needed help to victims of one of Malaysia’s worst floods.

As news reports about the floods emerged on Friday (Dec 17), many turned to platforms such as Twitter to reach out and connect to other volunteers seeking to help ease the plight of those trapped in their homes or seeking shelter at relief centres.

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