00:01Banks have offered loan repayment deferments and flexible payment arrangements to ease
00:07the financial burden on families of Malaysians missing in the Nepal landslide.
00:11The Association of Banks in Malaysia said its members introduced the assistance in early
00:17October, with member banks appointing contact persons to help affected families with applications,
00:23documentation and administrative procedures.
00:26ABM said it would work with Bank Negara Malaysia and other relevant parties to support the
00:32families and next of kin, acknowledging the distress and uncertainty they were facing.
00:37On Tuesday, the group Malaysia Solidarity Families in Hope met Prime Minister Datuk
00:44Sri Anwar Ibrahim in Parliament and submitted a 29-page proposal outlining a national humanitarian,
00:50legal, financial and diplomatic response for the 54 Malaysians missing since the August 26 disaster.
00:59MASFEH Representative Dr Manivanan Rethinum said the families were facing mounting pressure
01:04to service housing and car loans, as well as credit card debts, despite being unable to access
01:10the bank accounts of their missing relatives.
01:20MASFEH Representative Dr Manivanan Rethinum Said
