THE ongoing Covid-19 pandemic could precipitate or trigger an extensive bankruptcy crisis in the near future. Unsurprisingly, the root cause of a possible mass insolvency is to be attributed to low savings in general – including in the EPF accounts – among some Malaysians, especially those aged between 30 to 45 years old. This means that once the savings are exhausted, including in relation to the EPF accounts, the risk of bankruptcy arises or rises due to the inability to discharge pre-existing debt obligations and liabilities, let alone for self-sustenance