Sungai Korok Tragedy: Putri Qisya To Receive Two PERKESO Benefits

KUALA LUMPUR, July 15 (Bernama) -- The next of kin of the Sungai Korok tragedy victims is eligible to receive two benefits from the Social Security Organisation (PERKESO), based on her late father’s contributions.

PERKESO, in a statement, said the late Mohamad Azim Izat Ishak, 31, was an active contributor under the Employees’ Social Security Act 1969 (Act 4), with his last recorded employment as a security guard.

“With his contributions, the next-of-kin, his eldest daughter Putri Qisya, is entitled to receive a one-off Funeral Management Benefit (FPM) of RM3,000 and a monthly Survivors’ Pension of RM576.25 until she turns 21 or completes her first degree,” the statement read.

PERKESO also expressed its sympathies and sorrow over the heartbreaking tragedy and affirmed its commitment to safeguarding the welfare of the late contributor’s next-of-kin.

“As such, additional assistance, including education, emotional care, and psychosocial interventions, is being arranged under the Social Synergy programme, to ensure the late contributor’s daughter receives appropriate long-term support,” the statement added.

On July 5, a Proton Iswara carrying Putri Qisya’s parents and four younger siblings was believed to have skidded and plunged into Sungai Korok in Kampung Kemboja, Kedah.

Her father, Mohamad Azim, mother Nurul Hidayah Khadijah Razman Efendi, 31, and siblings, Putra Rayyan Nur Izzat, 9; Hawa Adriana Nur Izzat, 8; Annayla Humaira Nur Izzat, 7; and Tuah Haydar, six months, were found dead in the submerged car.

-- BERNAMA