Almost 65,000 Malaysians declared bankrupt in last five years, says Liew

At 9.03 am (0103 gmt), the ringgit was quoted at 4.0530/0600 against the greenback compared with Tuesday 's close of 4.0445/0485.

Reports by MARTIN CARVALHO, HEMANANTHANI SIVANANDAM, RAHIMY RAHIM and LOSHANA K SHAGAR 

MALAYSIANS numbering 64,632 have been declared bankrupt in the last five years, the House was told.