No current plan to reinstate HE loan defaulter travel ban

The government said on 19 August it has no plans for now to bring back travel restrictions on National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) borrowers who fail to repay their loans, reports Muhammad Yusry for Malay Mail.

Deputy Higher Education Minister Datuk Mustapha Sakmud told the Dewan Rakyat that while the option is being considered, no decision has been made. “We may review it, but at present there are still no plans to impose travel restrictions on borrowers,” he said during Question Time in Parliament.

He was responding to a supplementary question by Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng, who asked whether the government intended to reinstate the ban on hardcore defaulters – those who refuse to pay despite being financially able to.
Full report on the Malay Mail site