Young Kelantanese couple travel more than 300km to find work

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Young Kelantanese couple travel more than 300km to find work, end up sleeping by the roadside in Bukit Mertajam

SEBERANG PERAI, June 8 — They had travelled here from their home in Kelantan — a journey of over 300 kilometres — hoping to find a job.

Instead, they ended up sleeping by the roadside in Bukit Mertajam and selling recyclables from rubbish bins just to get by.

Shah and Siti (the names they want used for this article) got married in Kelantan in April. Like all newlyweds, the plan was to settle down and start a family but neither of them were able to get a job.

Instead of relying on Shah’s family for help, they decided to travel to Penang in hopes of more job opportunities.

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