Adam Adli urged to scrap PTPTN loans as he becomes Deputy Higher Education Minister

Adam Adli urged to scrap PTPTN loans as he becomes Deputy Higher Education Minister


He had previously been a strong and vocal critic of PTPTN loan debt

By NOR AZURA MD AMIN

17 Dec 2025 09:58am








JOHOR BAHRU – Deputy Higher Education Minister Adam Adli has been challenged to abolish the National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) loans.

Congratulating him on his new appointment, Johor State Legislative Assembly Speaker Datuk Dr Mohd Puad Zarkashi said the portfolio was most fitting for Adam, as he had previously been a strong and vocal critic of the PTPTN loan debt.

“Now you can abolish PTPTN loans. Please raise your voice loudly in the post-Cabinet meetings of the Higher Education Ministry to abolish PTPTN loans. Then it would feel worth it, sleeping in a tent at Dataran Merdeka.

“That’s what Rafizi meant by reviving the idealism of reform as a test of power (HIRUK). Being in the opposition is easy, but once you’re in government, you’ll realise how high the sky really is. Surely you’re not planning to sleep at Dataran Merdeka again,” he said in a Facebook post.

The Federal Cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday saw Adam shifting from his previous role as Deputy Youth and Sports Minister to Deputy Higher Education Minister.

During the student activism era of the early 2010s, Adam was one of the main advocates of free education in Malaysia and campaigned aggressively for the abolition of PTPTN loans.

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Govt can't recover PTPTN loans because (the TRUTH) there exists no (NIL) records of loans taken since early days - in its early days PTPTN loans were given out willy-nilly like free chocolate, wakakaka.