EPF withdrawals larger than GDP of some countries, says fund's CEO


SHAH ALAM: The RM145.5bil withdrawal of Employees Provident Funds (EPF) was bigger than the individual gross domestic product (GDP) of some 100 countries and territories, says Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan.

"That is how much we have taken out," the EPF chief executive officer said during his presentation of the fund’s 2022 Financial Performance.

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