Loan repayment moratorium valued at RM51.4bln as of July 6

The moratorium on loan repayments by financial institutions, which took effect on April 1 as part of the Prihatin Rakyat Economic Stimulus Package (Prihatin), is estimated to be worth RM51.4 billion as at July 6.

Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz said of the total, RM17.9 billion was utilised by the business sector while RM33.38 billion was utilised by the public...