Tabung Haji to increase haj subsidy by RM40mil next year


KUALA LUMPUR: Tabung Haji (Pilgrimage Fund Board) will spend RM200mil to subsidise pilgrims next year compared to RM160mil this year.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the subsidy was part of the government's effort to maintain and uphold the grandeur of Islam in Malaysia and help Muslims to perform the fifth pillar of Islam.

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