Rina: Govt aims to implement move to freeze accounts of alimony defaulters by this year


PETALING JAYA: The Women, Family and Community Development Ministry welcomes the proposal to freeze the bank accounts of alimony defaulters and will work with the relevant authorities to implement the practice by this year.

"Based on information we received, many ex-husbands fail to provide alimony. So (with this measure in force) the ex-wives will be able to receive it, ” Minister Datuk Seri Rina Mohd Harun (pic) told reporters after the launching of the new image of the Pusrawi Maternity Hospital and Polyclinic in Kota Damansara here Sunday (March 20).

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