Khaled slams Anwar over 'don't repay loans' call

Higher Education Minister Khaled Nordin has admonished opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim’s call to students who had taken loans with the National Higher Education Fund (PTPTN) not to make repayments.

Replying in a tweet response to Selangor Higher Education exco member Halimah Ali, who noted the PTPTN loans were formed to assist the group of students needing financing, Khaled (left) responded “tell Anuar (sic) who had asked borrowers not to repay their PTPTN loan”.

“It was the Pakatan Rakyat and PKR which resulted in student defaulting on their loans as it urged students not to repay their PTPTN loans,” said the higher education minister in his other tweet last night.

“Universiti Selangor can abolish its fees and this would in turn fulfill ‘its (Selangor) objective’ of giving free education and the closure of PTPTN which Anuar (sic) and Pakatan has been calling,” said Khaled in another tweet.

Halimah had responded to this following PTPTN’s move not to give Unisel students loans since April.

Anwar, had over the weekend urged students who had taken the loan not to repay them if it is abolished when the general election is called this year and Pakatan Rakyat conquers Putrajaya.

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