A total of 101,391 Felda settlers will receive RM350 each in special payment in conjunction with the coming Aidilfitri, Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak announced today.

A total of 11,244 other settlers within the Felda settlements, who carried out replanting but not through Felda, will received RM150 each.

Najib said in a statement that the payment, involving a total of RM37.14 million, would be made before the Aidilfitri.

"I hope that the 'duit raya' payment will help ease the burden of settlers in their preparation for the Aidilfitri.

"I would also like to take this opportunity to urge settlers who are no longer with Felda to return to the agency and help develop the settlements," he said.

- Bernama