Group caught flouting MCO in ‘wrong place at wrong time’
Sources say DPEIN aims to recruit 16 million Malay Muslims with promises that it will help pay off their debts with grants that do not require repayment. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, May 2, 2020.
THE 238 people who disobeyed the movement control order to live in the jungle of Kuala Kubu Baru in Selangor were facing money troubles and had sought the assistance of a so-called Islamic financial body. They were low- and middle-income families from across the country, who had been attracted to Dewan Perkasa Ekonomi Islam Nusantara’s claim of being able to help them quickly settle their debts.
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