PETALING JAYA: Selangor has emerged as the state with the highest number of bankruptcies among civil servants, with teachers identified as a particularly vulnerable group.
According to the Insolvency Department, 85 teachers in the state were declared bankrupt over the last five years.
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“Selangor recorded the highest number of cases compared to other states, based on the cumulative position of cases by state,” the department said in a response to The Star.
The scale of the issue extends beyond educators; between 2021 and 2025, a total of 687 civil servants in Selangor were declared…