Malaysians have donated enough money to help local victims of the tsunami disaster and no more funds will be accepted after Jan 31, the government has announced.

Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak said the National Disaster Relief Fund had taken in RM80 million in the past month, which was enough to help Malaysians affected by the waves.

Najib said the directive applied to all funds, including those set up by major newspapers and other organisations.

"Donations for overseas tsunami victims will continue, however, as many of the donations are in kind," he was quoted as saying by the New Straits Times.

Six still missing

Sixty-eight Malaysians were killed in the tsunami spawned by the Dec 26 earthquake off Indonesia's Sumatra island, mostly on the island of Penang.

Their families will be paid RM20,000 each, while hundreds of people whose houses or fishing boats were destroyed or damaged will also be compensated.

Najib urged those with family members still missing to contact the police as they would also receive the RM20,000 ringgit payout.

Six Malaysians were still listed as missing at home and another six were missing abroad, the paper said.