7.6 million M’sians receive BPN cash aid


PETALING JAYA: The government has paid out RM5.2bil to 7.6 million Malaysians who are qualified to receive the Bantuan Prihatin Nasional (BPN) cash aid as of April 19, says Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Aziz.

He said this included 400,000 B40 or lower-income group recipients without bank accounts and 1.2 million recipients from the M40 or middle-income group.

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