Malaysia’s Selangor Zakat Board to Offer USD 143 in Aid to Flood-Affected Families

The Selangor Zakat Board (LZS) in Malaysia will offer MYR 600 (USD 143) to aid flood-affected families through a direct bank-in approach in the coming days; all required is a police report or confirmation from community leaders on their status.

Why it Matters?

Saipolyazan bin M Yusop, Chief Executive Officer at LZS, explained that LZS had only requested the minimum of documents for aid to be sent as quickly as possible and that while the sum of MYR 600 was small, it may help the families in the aftermath of the flood. Many parties had approached LZS to hand over assistance during the pandemic and flood circumstances, according to Yusop, including first time Zakat contributors as well as others who had increased their contributions.

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