KUALA LUMPUR: The central bank today denied claims that new banknotes of several denominations will be issued in January, and that old banknotes will become worthless.
"Bank Negara Malaysia would like to confirm that this news is not true.
"The current series of banknotes would continue to be legal tender and remain in circulation," it said in its official website.
BNM was responding to a chain message, circulated on WhatsApp, which stated that new notes would come into circulation in January 2017 and old currencies would not be of any value. -- Bernama