PETALING JAYA, July 24 — Many cancer patients in Malaysia are falling into bankruptcy or turning to illegal moneylenders to finance their treatment, according to the National Cancer Society Malaysia (NCSM).
Dr Murallitharan Munisamy, managing director of NCSM, said that people living with cancer are increasingly among those seeking debt restructuring or filing for bankruptcy through the Credit Counselling and Debt Management Agency (AKPK).
“A lot of people who go to AKPK to declare bankruptcy are actually people with cancer conditions,” Dr Murallitharan said at the Cancer Financing Summit 2025 here last June 20. “The largest number of people with ah long problems — ah long are your…