Covid-19: Applications for EPF withdrawal open from April 1 onwards


Employees Provident Fund (EPF) logo is seen at headquaters in Kuala Lumpur. AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star

PETALING JAYA: Employees Provident Fund (EPF) members can apply for the RM500 monthly withdrawal during the Covid-19 pandemic through the i-Lestari Account 2 Withdrawal Scheme beginning April 1, says the fund’s chief executive officer Alizakri Alias.

He said the decision to allow withdrawals from the retirement fund was considered carefully after weighing between caring for the wellbeing and the safeguarding of old age savings of its millions of members.

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