Muhammad Zaimuddin Azlan is currently confined to a wheelchair and will have to wear a brace for three months due to the injuries he suffered during the assault.

Low wages and income inequality limit households' ability to afford adequate and nutritious food.

Unable to pay their rent, they have taken to their heels, leaving even personal belongings behind.

While wealth and prosperity are a common theme in Chinese New Year greetings, many still celebrate the occasion with very little or nothing at all.

Chua Theam Kok and his family are forced to collect water in buckets but scramble to cope whenever the rain comes pouring through the leaks in their old wooden house.

There is no clean water supply in the house, but whenever it rains during the monsoon season, their problems become worse.

P Paramasivam and his family cannot afford to repair their rundown home.

For S Mariamar and her family, it is all they can do just to survive.

The residents of Kampung Sri Makmur cannot accept the way they were treated by the authorities who came with their demolition machines.

With three million contributors needing to dip into their EPF savings to sustain themselves, it means that the country has failed socio-economic policies in place.

Zaleha Haron and her husband spent six months living rough in Kuala Lumpur but finally have a roof over their heads.

They once led a normal life, but are counted today among the homeless of Kuala Lumpur.