Solving urgent needs immediately


PETALING JAYA: The massive sums of money withdrawn from member accounts in the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) will need to be rectified in the long term given how much has been withdrawn to tide people through during the pandemic.

Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz (pic) said the fund outflow from the EPF and the depletion of funds in a lot of member’s accounts have become a structural issue.

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