CLOSE to 78,000 National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) loan recipients have been barred from leaving the country, reported Kosmo!

PTPTN chief executive officer Yunos Abd Ghani said these people had not settled their loans totalling RM1bil. They also had not responded to notices issued by the body.

He advised borrowers to check their status at the PTPTN and Immigration Department's websites.

Yunos was responding to the Immigration Department's recent statement that 300,000 citizens, including PTPTN loan recipients, had been barred from going abroad. --The Star/ANN