Perkasa slams move to link education loan defaulters to CCRIS

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By admin-s On Aug 20, 2013

(TMI) – Perkasa argued that the move by Idris would close the opportunities for Malay and Bumiputera youths from venturing into the entrepreneurship sector as they would face difficulties in obtaining loans.

Perkasa has slammed the government’s move to link National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) loan defaulters to the Central Credit Reference Information System (CCRIS), calling it a persecution of Bumiputera youths.

Education Minister II Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh said the move was two-pronged, first to help control rising household debt and second to promote the culture of good repayment by PTPTN borrowers.

He said this would ensure that other students would be able to benefit from the education financing facility.

But Malay rights group Perkasa didn’t take kindly to Idris’s reasoning, arguing that it penalised borrowers, the majority of who were youths.

Perkasa argued that the move by Idris would close the opportunities for Malay and Bumiputera youths from venturing into the entrepreneurship sector as they would face difficulties in obtaining loans.

“This is a form of persecution. I challenge Idris to recover the borrowed monies from Malay and Bumiputera students by going through the court process first. The government must remember that the public has a choice,” said Perkasa general secretary Syed Hassan Syed Ali (pic).

He told The Malaysian Insider that the public could choose to either vote for a party which fights for the student loans to be written off or a party which wanted to link the loan defaulters with CCRIS.