Perak opposition members today condemned the state's move to manually hand-out the Bantuan Rakyat 1Malaysia (BR1M) funds.

Complaints in the silver state emerged days after a BR1M recipient in Perlis was taken away in a stretcher while in queue to collect the aid.

"The recipients opened their bank accounts to ease the process of obtaining the financial aid. Now they want them to attend special functions before they can take the BR1M voucher.

"This is fooling the rakyat," PKR's Kuala Sepetang assemblyperson Chua Yee Ling told Malaysiakini.