KUALA TERENGGANU – Pilgrims only need to bring their identity cards to any Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH) branch to get payments from the government for the losses they incurred following the month-long temporary postponement of umrah travel imposed since January 8.
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Idris Ahmad said the pilgrims do not need to register as the list of those affected would be provided by the travel agencies that handled their umrah trips.
“Once the Tourism, Arts, and Culture Ministry has received the list of names, it will give it to TH.
“We will check whether the pilgrims have accounts (with TH) before asking them to collect (the payments) at Tabung Haji,” he told reporters after a ceremony to present business aid under the Inspirasiku programme at Kg Raja Barang near Chendering here today.
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Ahmad Marzuk Shaary recently said that the government would pay up to 60% of the losses incurred by pilgrims affected by the postponement of umrah travel.
Marzuk said the process to check the list of affected pilgrims was expected to be completed by the middle of this month. – Bernama, February 11, 2022
