Govt studying salary and allowance increase for cops
Published on: Wednesday, June 26, 2019
By: Bernama
PUTRAJAYA: The government has to study in detail the proposal to increase the salaries and allowances for low-ranked police staff as it would have a multiplier effect, said Home Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
Even though the Home Ministry supported the proposal, it cannot make a decision on its own and must refer to other parties such as the Public Service Department and Finance Ministry before tabling it in the Cabinet, he said.
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“With the current state of economics in the country, all parties must be patient before any decision is made on the matter,” he said.
Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad was reported as saying the government will look at the proposal by Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Abdul Hamid Bador about the salary of policemen at the sergeant and lower ranks.
Director of Bukit Aman’s Department of Management Datuk Abdul Rahim Jaafar was reported on June 14 as saying a report on the proposal for increase in salary and allowances for about 82,000 members of the police force of sergeant and lower ranks would be handed over to the government within two months.
On a separate development, Muhyiddin said visa issuance for Chinese tourists entering Malaysia is still being conducted by the same company, pending investigations, until another company is appointed.
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“So far, no other company has been appointed to take over and the case has not been settled yet, we will allow the company to continue issuing the visas,” he said, adding that the entry of a large number of Chinese tourists was one of the factors the company’s services were continued.
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In 2016, the company was given exclusive rights to manage the overseas visa (Visa Luar Negara or VLN) online system including eNTRI and eVISA for Chinese tourists entering Malaysia.
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