SERDANG, July 19 — 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) will sponsor 400 imams and chairmen of village development and security committees for the haj pilgrimage this year, a four-fold increase from the 100 last year, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak announced today. 

He made the announcement when addressing imams and mosque committee members from around the country at the Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang (MAEPS) here.

Najib also announced the distribution of cloth material to 14,254 imams and 138,746 members of mosque committees nationwide to make robes, as well as two containers of “zam-zam” water for all mosques in the country. 

The prime minister said he had personally selected the high quality cloth material, adding that it would be distributed early so that the recipients can have the special robes tailored in time for Aidilfitri. — Bernama