'Minister wrong in saying govt can't force banks to provide loan moratorium'

Published: Jun 2, 2021 1:10 AM | Updated: Jun 2, 2021 5:15 AM

Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz was wrong to assert that the government has no legal power to compel banks to offer borrowers a blanket moratorium on loan repayments, according to the lawyer Mohamed Haniff Khatri Abdulla.

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