COMMENT | Wan Saiful should act pro bono for PTPTN

COMMENT | I refer to the statement and press conference made by Tasek Gelugor MP Wan Saiful Wan Jan on the issue of income-contingent loan repayments (ICLR) for PTPTN loans that were raised by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim in October 2023.

For the record, I served as a board member of PTPTN from June 2018 to January 2020. I was appointed as a board member of PTPTN before I took up the position of deputy international trade and industry minister in July 2018.

I was appointed because of my knowledge of the financial and policy positions of PTPTN. When I was the general manager of the Penang Institute, I published a report examining the financial sustainability of PTPTN.

I think Wan Saiful...