Deputy minister: Unfair to blacklist PTPTN loan defaulters

Deputy Education Minister Teo Nie Ching today labelled the decision by the previous government to blacklist National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) loan defaulters as unfair. She said this was the reason why the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government, through its manifesto for the 14th general election, pledged to remove the names of loan defaulters from the Immigration Department’s blacklist. “The pledge was made because every citizen has a right to freedom of movement. “If you look at those who take bank loans, their names will not be placed on the Immigration Department’s blacklist if they stop paying or are inconsistent in their repayments. Their names will only be blacklisted after they are declared bankrupt,” she said.