No Application Required For One-off RM100 SARA Aid
Deputy Treasury secretary-general (Policy) Datuk Zamzuri Abdul Aziz said the cash aid did not utlise any e-Wallet service as well.
"As such, the public is urged to avoid being deceived by any scam claiming that they can assist with applications or providing links to any e-Wallet,' he told reporters after inspecting the Rahmah Cash Aid programme in Pulau Bum Bum here today.
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