The government has approved an allocation of RM10.25 million as compassionate aid to help ease the burden of those affected by floods during the 2020/2021 northeast monsoon season, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Special Functions) Mohd Redzuan Md Yusof said.

He said in a statement yesterday that the initial allocation would be channelled to the flood-hit state governments to expedite the distribution of the aid...