PETALING JAYA: The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) will begin disbursing payments for the RM10,000 special withdrawal on Monday (April 18) instead of Wednesday (April 20) as originally scheduled, says Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz.

       The Finance Minister said, in a Facebook post Sunday (April 17), that he had received a lot of comments and messages on social media asking if the disbursement could be made faster,

       "I have heard your voices. After discussing the matter with EPF, I am pleased to announce that the payments of the special withdrawal will be credited gradually starting from April 18 instead of April 20 as previously announced," he said in his Facebook post.

       He also added that he hoped the announcement would help make the Hari Raya celebrations more joyful for the Malaysian Family.

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