Thoughts Of A Mom

Thursday March 5, 2009
Jailed for stealing blanket for grandma
JOHOR BARU: A woman who stole a blanket for her elderly grandmother as she could not afford to buy one, ended up being jailed and fined by a magistrate’s court.
Lim Kwai Lian, 24, from Taman Bayu Putri told Magistrate Hafizah Johor Ariff Johor that the doctor had advised her to get a thick blanket for her grandmother who was always feeling cold.
“I took the blanket as I could not afford to buy it,” she said, adding that she was her grandmother’s only care-giver.
Lim had been charged with stealing an Akemi Party blanket worth RM172.53 from the Jusco Department store in Tebrau City here at around 4.30pm on Feb 26.
She added that she worked in a beauty parlour and earned RM1,000 a month, but had to pay for their rental and her grandmother’s medical bills.
The court sentenced Lim to five days’ jail and an RM300 fine, in default three months jail.
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Is anyone going to help her grandmother while she is in jail? As she is the only caregiver? She may not have other living relatives? I know she income of RM1000 while being very little is not little enough for her to be on welfare.
What do people like her do then? Can the government tell me? Because there are really many, many people like her whose income is insufficient for their family but are not qualified for welfare aid either!
Sometimes I feel the government is only interested in jailing the people who are good instead of finding the real crooks out there!