Main causes of bad debts


I AGREE with Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad that the defaulters of the National Higher Education Fund (PTPTN) are embarrassing and should feel ashamed of themselves.

But as someone who has spent most of his career as a debt collections manager and trainer, I find bad debts are not caused solely by the debtors. There are two main causes:

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