Statement

MCA HQ will like to urge members of the public to be cautious of a message being circulated on WhatsApp recently claiming that MCA members can apply for interest-free loans as long as they provide their membership number. We wish to clarify that this news is false.   

It has come to our attention that members of the public in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Terengganu, etc, have been receiving messages claiming that MCA members can apply for interest-free loans.

Thus, MCA HQ will be lodging a police report on this false allegations.

MCA HQ wishes to clarify that we have not released any such information related to this interest-free loan, nor do we provide such loans to our members.

The message also claimed that as long as one is a MCA member, he or she is entitled to apply for loans. This is not the first time such news is being circulated. Previously, a message was also circulated claiming that MCA is providing loans to help entrepreneurs expand their business. MCA HQ had also refuted this allegation and issued a statement to clarify the matter.

We are not sure as to the motive behind such devious messages. However, we do not rule out the purpose that this is a smear campaign to destroy MCA’s image.

MCA HQ would like to remind the public and MCA members again to verify the authenticity of any viral messages which is circulated, and to determine the source of such information so as to avoid being tricked, and possibly resulting in personal financial losses.

马华总部谨此声明, 对于近期在通讯群组Whatsapp再次流传声称公众只需要提供马华党员号码，就能协助申请免息贷款的假消息，马华总部促请各界人士提高警惕。

近日来，数个州属如吉隆坡、雪兰莪、登嘉楼等，有公众陆续接获手机讯息，声称马华党员如果申请贷款将很容易获得通过。

为此，马华总部针对以上所有不实短讯或讯息向警方报案。

马华总部谨此声明，从来没有发放任何相关讯息，而有关讯息的内容完全是捏造的。马华并没有向党员发放任何免息贷款。

这则近期在通讯群组广泛流传的讯息声称，只要提供马华党员号码，就能够协助申请贷款。在数个月前，通讯群组同样流传一则类似的讯息，声称马华党员可申请生意扩充基金云云，当时马华已发布声明，澄清有关讯息是假的。

散播这假消息人士的动机不明，不排除含有恶毒的政治动机，以打击马华形象。

马华总部再次提醒民众和马华党员，先行确认任何以马华名义发出的讯息和短讯的真伪，以确定讯息来源和避免受骗，以致蒙受金钱上的损失。

09.10.2017