http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Thursday/National/2114112/Article/index_html
20 December, 2007
KUALA LUMPUR: The government has taken measures to improve the lot of Indians and has never neglected the community. But MIC president Datuk Seri Samy Vellu said last night the delivery system was sometimes ineffective.In an interview with RTM1 last night, Samy Vellu said several programmes under the 9th Malaysia Plan, though approved by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, had not been implemented at the ground level."The prime minister gave the opportunity to the leaders of all races to voice their opinions when the 9MP was being drafted."We came up with recommendations to better the Indian community and he agreed to these."But a year and a half later, though a few of them have been implemented, we can see that the delivery system is, for the most part, not working," he said.Samy Vellu said he had brought this up with the prime minister and asked that the Economic Planning Unit (EPU) ensure that the programmes were carried out as planned. He added that the programmes included those for increasing awareness, promoting entrepreneurship and investment ability as well as developing youth skills."We have also asked for micro-credit schemes to be provided as we want to have at least 5,000 people in business by the time the 9MP is concluded."Besides that, Samy Vellu said, the Indian community also needed funds for the maintenance of Tamil schools."There are 120 schools that need to be either repaired or rebuilt. "The prime minister accepted all that we said in the two meetings we had. By the way, why shouldn't he? It was in his (9MP) plan after all!"He said those who claimed the government had not helped Indians over the last 50 years were lying. He said Indians were much better off today than 50 years ago."Once upon a time, Indians used to earn RM250 to RM300 a month. Now they earn about RM1,500 to RM2,000 a month. "They once used to work in plantations as labourers, but there are now thousands of highly educated professionals."Samy said it was not fair to say that the government had not provided for the Indian community."Even the Malays and Chinese don't get everything they wish for. There is no way you can get 100 per cent of what you ask."On the use of the words "ethnic cleansing" by the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf), Samy Vellu said: "Hindraf leaders do not know the meaning of the word. This is what happened in Bosnia but it is a baseless accusation here."Samy Vellu said he had met with many people following the demonstrations and asked them why they had gotten involved."They said they were a bit 'hot' that day because there were people who made them 'hot'."But now they have cooled down and have come to realise that street demonstrations are not the best way to ask for something."
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Sunday, December 16, 2007
31 pengikut Hindraf dakwa ditipu
http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/content.asp?y=2007&dt=1216&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Muka_Hadapan&pg=mh_02.htm
31 pengikut Hindraf dakwa ditipu
Oleh NIZAM YATIM
KUALA LUMPUR 15 Dis. – Peguam Negara, Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail telah diminta menimbangkan rayuan yang dibuat oleh 31 pengikut Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) supaya dakwaan terhadap mereka di mahkamah digugurkan dengan alasan telah ditipu.
Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi berkata, beliau dimaklumkan, dalam rayuan itu, mereka mengesahkan tidak lagi menyokong Hindraf dan tidak akan terbabit dalam mana-mana aktiviti lain yang dianjurkan oleh badan itu pada masa depan.
“Saya telah meminta Peguam Negara supaya mengkaji rayuan ini dan membuat keputusan secepat mungkin kerana mereka ini sebenarnya telah ditipu oleh Hindraf.
“Kita bersimpati dengan mereka kerana menyangka Hindraf memperjuangkan nasib masyarakat India tetapi sebenarnya ia mempunyai agenda lain iaitu untuk membuat kekacauan yang tidak pernah kita alami sebelum ini,'' katanya.
Beliau berkata demikian kepada pemberita selepas mempengerusikan mesyuarat Majlis Tertinggi (MT) UMNO di Pusat Dagangan Dunia Putra (PWTC) di sini hari ini.
Semalam, Presiden MIC, Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu berkata, 31 pengikut Hindraf yang menghadapi beberapa pertuduhan termasuk cubaan membunuh pegawai polis dalam perhimpunan haram di hadapan Kuil Sri Subramaniar, Batu Caves dekat sini, pada 25 November lalu telah membuat rayuan dakwaan digugurkan dengan alasan mereka dipergunakan oleh pihak-pihak tertentu.
Mengenai writ habeas corpus yang difailkan oleh Pengerusi DAP, Karpal Singh bagi menuntut pembebasan seorang pemimpin Hindraf, M. Manoharan daripada tahanan Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA) dengan alasan penahanan itu tidak mengikut undang-undang, Abdullah menegaskan, beliau telah mematuhi semua peraturan yang ditetapkan.
“Undang-undang membenarkan menteri mengambil tindakan di bawah Seksyen 8(1) ISA, terutama apabila menteri sudah berpuas hati dengan siasatan yang dibuat dan mempunyai bukti yang mewajarkan perintah tahanan dikeluarkan,'' jelasnya yang juga Menteri Keselamatan Dalam Negeri.
Dalam perkembangan berkaitan, Abdullah berkata, mesyuarat MT hari ini telah membuat keputusan untuk menyokong kerajaan dalam menangani segala masalah yang ditimbulkan oleh Hindraf.
“Apa-apa tindakan yang wajar yang diambil oleh kerajaan akan disokong UMNO bagi memastikan negara ini terus aman dan stabil,'' ujarnya.
31 pengikut Hindraf dakwa ditipu
Oleh NIZAM YATIM
KUALA LUMPUR 15 Dis. – Peguam Negara, Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail telah diminta menimbangkan rayuan yang dibuat oleh 31 pengikut Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) supaya dakwaan terhadap mereka di mahkamah digugurkan dengan alasan telah ditipu.
Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi berkata, beliau dimaklumkan, dalam rayuan itu, mereka mengesahkan tidak lagi menyokong Hindraf dan tidak akan terbabit dalam mana-mana aktiviti lain yang dianjurkan oleh badan itu pada masa depan.
“Saya telah meminta Peguam Negara supaya mengkaji rayuan ini dan membuat keputusan secepat mungkin kerana mereka ini sebenarnya telah ditipu oleh Hindraf.
“Kita bersimpati dengan mereka kerana menyangka Hindraf memperjuangkan nasib masyarakat India tetapi sebenarnya ia mempunyai agenda lain iaitu untuk membuat kekacauan yang tidak pernah kita alami sebelum ini,'' katanya.
Beliau berkata demikian kepada pemberita selepas mempengerusikan mesyuarat Majlis Tertinggi (MT) UMNO di Pusat Dagangan Dunia Putra (PWTC) di sini hari ini.
Semalam, Presiden MIC, Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu berkata, 31 pengikut Hindraf yang menghadapi beberapa pertuduhan termasuk cubaan membunuh pegawai polis dalam perhimpunan haram di hadapan Kuil Sri Subramaniar, Batu Caves dekat sini, pada 25 November lalu telah membuat rayuan dakwaan digugurkan dengan alasan mereka dipergunakan oleh pihak-pihak tertentu.
Mengenai writ habeas corpus yang difailkan oleh Pengerusi DAP, Karpal Singh bagi menuntut pembebasan seorang pemimpin Hindraf, M. Manoharan daripada tahanan Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA) dengan alasan penahanan itu tidak mengikut undang-undang, Abdullah menegaskan, beliau telah mematuhi semua peraturan yang ditetapkan.
“Undang-undang membenarkan menteri mengambil tindakan di bawah Seksyen 8(1) ISA, terutama apabila menteri sudah berpuas hati dengan siasatan yang dibuat dan mempunyai bukti yang mewajarkan perintah tahanan dikeluarkan,'' jelasnya yang juga Menteri Keselamatan Dalam Negeri.
Dalam perkembangan berkaitan, Abdullah berkata, mesyuarat MT hari ini telah membuat keputusan untuk menyokong kerajaan dalam menangani segala masalah yang ditimbulkan oleh Hindraf.
“Apa-apa tindakan yang wajar yang diambil oleh kerajaan akan disokong UMNO bagi memastikan negara ini terus aman dan stabil,'' ujarnya.
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Tabled: Bill to set up Special Commission
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Tabled: Bill to set up Special Commission
By FLORENCE A. SAMY
KUALA LUMPUR: A Special Complaints Commission Bill 2007 was tabled in Parliament Thursday morning.
The Bill will allow for the setting up of a Commission to receive and investigate complaints against law enforcement officers in the country.
The Commission will have seven members including a chairman to be appointed by the Prime Minister.
Members would include the Inspector-General of Police, Public Complaints Bureau director-general, the Anti-Corruption Agency director-general and three others.
The Bill was tabled for the first reading by Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz and was expected to be debated in this session, which ends on Dec 19.
After Nazri tabled the Bill, Opposition Leader Lim Kit Siang (DAP – Ipoh Timur) stood up in the House and questioned whether the Bill was actually the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC) Bill.
“Is this replacing the IPCMC Bill? If it is not, then why is it not called the IPCMC Bill,” he questioned.
Nazri continued according to procedure -- he was not obliged to answer any MP when tabling a Bill for the first reading.
The IPCMC was one of the 125 recommendations made by the Royal Commission to enhance the operation and management of the police force.
According to the Bill, the Commission shall establish a Task Force to help it in its duties.
Tabled: Bill to set up Special Commission
By FLORENCE A. SAMY
KUALA LUMPUR: A Special Complaints Commission Bill 2007 was tabled in Parliament Thursday morning.
The Bill will allow for the setting up of a Commission to receive and investigate complaints against law enforcement officers in the country.
The Commission will have seven members including a chairman to be appointed by the Prime Minister.
Members would include the Inspector-General of Police, Public Complaints Bureau director-general, the Anti-Corruption Agency director-general and three others.
The Bill was tabled for the first reading by Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz and was expected to be debated in this session, which ends on Dec 19.
After Nazri tabled the Bill, Opposition Leader Lim Kit Siang (DAP – Ipoh Timur) stood up in the House and questioned whether the Bill was actually the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC) Bill.
“Is this replacing the IPCMC Bill? If it is not, then why is it not called the IPCMC Bill,” he questioned.
Nazri continued according to procedure -- he was not obliged to answer any MP when tabling a Bill for the first reading.
The IPCMC was one of the 125 recommendations made by the Royal Commission to enhance the operation and management of the police force.
According to the Bill, the Commission shall establish a Task Force to help it in its duties.
Special Complaints Commission: Critics 'clueless about country's legal system'
2007/12/15
Special Complaints Commission: Critics 'clueless about country's legal system'By : Ranjeetha Pakiam and Alang Bendahara
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KUALA LUMPUR: The Special Complaints Commission (SCC) is sufficient and its detractors should understand its role before criticising it, said Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz.
The minister in the Prime Minister's Department said people who were dissatisfied with the body were "ignoramuses" who did not fully understand how the country's law enforcement and legal system worked.He dismissed claims that the SCC was a watered-down version of the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC), which was what the 2005 royal commission into the police had asked for.Instead, he said it was only right that the SCC would address the complaints of misconduct not just against the police but on all enforcement agencies."We do not want the police to be the only agency on the receiving end of public complaints.
"It seems like they (the detractors) are only going after the blood of the police. "It should not be personal when it comes to the police."Our rationale is that today, there are complaints against the police, tomorrow, complaints against the Customs Department or the Immigration Department. "Are we going to have special commissions for each agency?" Nazri was responding to criticisms of the SCC, which he had unveiled in parliament on Thursday.One of the main grouses was that the SCC would not address allegations of corruption as stipulated under the IPCMC.To this, Nazri said any wrongdoing which had an element of corruption would be dealt with by the Anti-Corruption Agency."There is no need for a parallel body to address corruption."He also said the government was open to suggestions and would allow changes to be made to the bill at the committee stage."If there are strong and valid reasons for us to make changes, we will do so," he said, adding that the precedent had been set when a clause in the Legal Profession Act was amended after consultation with the attorney-general.He stressed that the SCC will only play an investigative role as there are existing courts of law to mete out punishment. "It is a complaints bureau with investigative powers, not another court," he said.Meanwhile, the Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan described the SCC as a fair investigation commission."I have seen and read the full draft for the SCC before it was presented in parliament. "I am confident that it would be a fair body and would bring fairness in its dealings," said Musa yesterday.The SCC would also complement the police internal investigation body on misconduct. "The SCC will not compete with the police's own disciplinary board."Even after the SCC is established, we will still conduct our own internal investigations over allegations of abuse by our men." When asked on the omission of corruption in the SCC draft, Musa said there was no need for it."We already have the ACA to handle it. Why should there be another body?"
Special Complaints Commission: Critics 'clueless about country's legal system'By : Ranjeetha Pakiam and Alang Bendahara
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KUALA LUMPUR: The Special Complaints Commission (SCC) is sufficient and its detractors should understand its role before criticising it, said Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz.
The minister in the Prime Minister's Department said people who were dissatisfied with the body were "ignoramuses" who did not fully understand how the country's law enforcement and legal system worked.He dismissed claims that the SCC was a watered-down version of the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC), which was what the 2005 royal commission into the police had asked for.Instead, he said it was only right that the SCC would address the complaints of misconduct not just against the police but on all enforcement agencies."We do not want the police to be the only agency on the receiving end of public complaints.
"It seems like they (the detractors) are only going after the blood of the police. "It should not be personal when it comes to the police."Our rationale is that today, there are complaints against the police, tomorrow, complaints against the Customs Department or the Immigration Department. "Are we going to have special commissions for each agency?" Nazri was responding to criticisms of the SCC, which he had unveiled in parliament on Thursday.One of the main grouses was that the SCC would not address allegations of corruption as stipulated under the IPCMC.To this, Nazri said any wrongdoing which had an element of corruption would be dealt with by the Anti-Corruption Agency."There is no need for a parallel body to address corruption."He also said the government was open to suggestions and would allow changes to be made to the bill at the committee stage."If there are strong and valid reasons for us to make changes, we will do so," he said, adding that the precedent had been set when a clause in the Legal Profession Act was amended after consultation with the attorney-general.He stressed that the SCC will only play an investigative role as there are existing courts of law to mete out punishment. "It is a complaints bureau with investigative powers, not another court," he said.Meanwhile, the Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan described the SCC as a fair investigation commission."I have seen and read the full draft for the SCC before it was presented in parliament. "I am confident that it would be a fair body and would bring fairness in its dealings," said Musa yesterday.The SCC would also complement the police internal investigation body on misconduct. "The SCC will not compete with the police's own disciplinary board."Even after the SCC is established, we will still conduct our own internal investigations over allegations of abuse by our men." When asked on the omission of corruption in the SCC draft, Musa said there was no need for it."We already have the ACA to handle it. Why should there be another body?"
News Focus: Parliament unveils Special Complaints Commission (The former IPCMC)
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News Focus: Parliament unveils Special Complaints Commission (The former IPCMC)By : V. Vasudevan
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Datuk Seri Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz says the commission will hear complaints against other agencies too
KUALA LUMPUR: The much awaited Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC) was unveiled yesterday in parliament as the Special Complaints Commission (SCC).
It will address complaints of misconduct not just against the police but all enforcement agencies.Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz tabled the first reading of the bill in the Dewan Rakyat yesterday."Let us not forget there are other agencies in the country which the public has complaints about. It would be silly to focus on one agency only. The commission will provide an avenue for complaints against these agencies, too."That was the concept from the very beginning when it was still a draft bill. The concept has always been to cover the entire enforcement apparatus," he said in the parliament lobby.
Apart from the police, Nazri said the other agencies included the enforcement units of the Customs and Excise Department, the Road Transport Department and the Immigration Department."The public can lodge a complaint against any government agency with an enforcement unit whose members had mistreated them." Under the bill, the SCC will give the police and connected agencies first choice to discipline errant personnel. Failing this, the SCC will take over through a task force.The SCC can also decide from the outset not to refer any complaint on an enforcement agency to its disciplinary authority if it feels that the agency does not have the capacity to act impartially."The members of the task force can be drawn from the ACA, Bank Negara, Securities Commission, National Audit Department, police and other members of the civil service, including officers from the Judicial and Legal Services Department," Nazri said.Under the bill, whistleblowers or informers will be protected and their identities kept secret.The commission is empowered to reject any complaint which it thinks has no merit.The commission will consist of seven members comprising a chairman appointed by the prime minister, the inspector-general of police, the director-general of the Public Complaints Bureau, the director-general of the Anti-Corruption Agency and three others.Each commission member will have a two-year term of office and be eligible to hold office for a maximum of two terms.The bill states that every enforcement agency will have to co-operate with and assist the commission in exercising its functions and powers under the act.Members of the commission, its chief executive officer and members of the task force will all have the powers of a police officer of rank as provided for under the Criminal Procedure Code, and such powers will be in addition to that provided by the act.This includes powers of search and seizure with warrant and without warrant of premises and the power to stop, search and seize conveyances.An enforcement agency facing a complaint before the commission will have to submit monthly reports until the conclusion of the investigation, upon which the public prosecutor will have to decide in 30 days whether to charge the enforcement officer.
News Focus: Parliament unveils Special Complaints Commission (The former IPCMC)By : V. Vasudevan
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Datuk Seri Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz says the commission will hear complaints against other agencies too
KUALA LUMPUR: The much awaited Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC) was unveiled yesterday in parliament as the Special Complaints Commission (SCC).
It will address complaints of misconduct not just against the police but all enforcement agencies.Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz tabled the first reading of the bill in the Dewan Rakyat yesterday."Let us not forget there are other agencies in the country which the public has complaints about. It would be silly to focus on one agency only. The commission will provide an avenue for complaints against these agencies, too."That was the concept from the very beginning when it was still a draft bill. The concept has always been to cover the entire enforcement apparatus," he said in the parliament lobby.
Apart from the police, Nazri said the other agencies included the enforcement units of the Customs and Excise Department, the Road Transport Department and the Immigration Department."The public can lodge a complaint against any government agency with an enforcement unit whose members had mistreated them." Under the bill, the SCC will give the police and connected agencies first choice to discipline errant personnel. Failing this, the SCC will take over through a task force.The SCC can also decide from the outset not to refer any complaint on an enforcement agency to its disciplinary authority if it feels that the agency does not have the capacity to act impartially."The members of the task force can be drawn from the ACA, Bank Negara, Securities Commission, National Audit Department, police and other members of the civil service, including officers from the Judicial and Legal Services Department," Nazri said.Under the bill, whistleblowers or informers will be protected and their identities kept secret.The commission is empowered to reject any complaint which it thinks has no merit.The commission will consist of seven members comprising a chairman appointed by the prime minister, the inspector-general of police, the director-general of the Public Complaints Bureau, the director-general of the Anti-Corruption Agency and three others.Each commission member will have a two-year term of office and be eligible to hold office for a maximum of two terms.The bill states that every enforcement agency will have to co-operate with and assist the commission in exercising its functions and powers under the act.Members of the commission, its chief executive officer and members of the task force will all have the powers of a police officer of rank as provided for under the Criminal Procedure Code, and such powers will be in addition to that provided by the act.This includes powers of search and seizure with warrant and without warrant of premises and the power to stop, search and seize conveyances.An enforcement agency facing a complaint before the commission will have to submit monthly reports until the conclusion of the investigation, upon which the public prosecutor will have to decide in 30 days whether to charge the enforcement officer.
Selangor MB wants to ship out the trouble-makers
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Friday December 14, 2007
Selangor MB wants to ship out the trouble-makers
By EDWARD RAJENDRA
SELANGOR Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Khir Toyo has declared war on the Little Napoleons in the state.
According to Khir, the days of these crafty civil servants are numbered. The names of these unscrupulous characters are being compiled and they will be moved to other jobs within the state or offered the voluntary separation scheme.
Khir said these trouble-makers who considered themselves untouchables due to their connection with powerful politicians comprised nearly 10% of the civil service workforce in the state’s local councils.
Khir: ‘We will not tolerate such characters who have become warlords within their self-created fiefdoms.’He said that these corrupt opportunists used unethical and irregular means to undermine the work of the local council presidents, sometimes even overruling them through backhand tactics in the management of the council.
Khir said this after the weekly state executive council meeting in Shah Alam.
“These officers have crafted their niche in the departments for a long time. Council presidents, who are federal government appointees, come and go but these characters continue as their employment scope falls under the close system,” he said.
According to Khir, the senior officers were creating their own fiefdoms through alliances with their patron politicians, making the life of the council presidents difficult by using political pressure and unethical tactics.
“We must put a stop to this ugly culture. All council presidents have been told to submit to me the names of the problematic civil servants, even those with political connection. I want to curb anyone from working against the implementation of state policies,” Khir said.
“We will not tolerate such characters who have become warlords within their self-created fiefdoms,” he said.
According to Khir, all this while, directors, deputy directors and the senior officers could not be transferred out due to the close system, but now that the government has rectified the clause in the Local Government Act 1974, these people could be moved within the state.
“The Selangor administration has not failed the people although there are some bad apples. Sometimes, my approach in handling the lackadaisical staff in my rather strange manners is scoffed at, but I just want to achieve a better delivery system that will be on par with that in developed countries,” he said.
Recently, Khir’s controversial innovative broom awards for the inefficient departments in the state was scoffed at by some people, but he drove home his message loud and clear with it.
Khir, obviously referring to the broom controversy, said that “giving a certain emblem should not be frowned at and even the media must help support this initiative.”
“The chief secretary to the government, Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan, and Public Services Department director-general Tan Sri Ismail Adam have recently expressed concern about the management of the local councils. It is good that we have their support to further improve the delivery system,” he said.
Khir said that inefficient and ineffective state employees who continued to perform badly and not give the ratepayers their due in proper services despite constant advice and guidance would have to leave the local councils.
link : Lulu Wondering, When Khir Toyo Says "connection with powerful politicians", Is He Refering To All, Or Just Those Not Affliated To Him
Friday December 14, 2007
Selangor MB wants to ship out the trouble-makers
By EDWARD RAJENDRA
SELANGOR Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Khir Toyo has declared war on the Little Napoleons in the state.
According to Khir, the days of these crafty civil servants are numbered. The names of these unscrupulous characters are being compiled and they will be moved to other jobs within the state or offered the voluntary separation scheme.
Khir said these trouble-makers who considered themselves untouchables due to their connection with powerful politicians comprised nearly 10% of the civil service workforce in the state’s local councils.
Khir: ‘We will not tolerate such characters who have become warlords within their self-created fiefdoms.’He said that these corrupt opportunists used unethical and irregular means to undermine the work of the local council presidents, sometimes even overruling them through backhand tactics in the management of the council.
Khir said this after the weekly state executive council meeting in Shah Alam.
“These officers have crafted their niche in the departments for a long time. Council presidents, who are federal government appointees, come and go but these characters continue as their employment scope falls under the close system,” he said.
According to Khir, the senior officers were creating their own fiefdoms through alliances with their patron politicians, making the life of the council presidents difficult by using political pressure and unethical tactics.
“We must put a stop to this ugly culture. All council presidents have been told to submit to me the names of the problematic civil servants, even those with political connection. I want to curb anyone from working against the implementation of state policies,” Khir said.
“We will not tolerate such characters who have become warlords within their self-created fiefdoms,” he said.
According to Khir, all this while, directors, deputy directors and the senior officers could not be transferred out due to the close system, but now that the government has rectified the clause in the Local Government Act 1974, these people could be moved within the state.
“The Selangor administration has not failed the people although there are some bad apples. Sometimes, my approach in handling the lackadaisical staff in my rather strange manners is scoffed at, but I just want to achieve a better delivery system that will be on par with that in developed countries,” he said.
Recently, Khir’s controversial innovative broom awards for the inefficient departments in the state was scoffed at by some people, but he drove home his message loud and clear with it.
Khir, obviously referring to the broom controversy, said that “giving a certain emblem should not be frowned at and even the media must help support this initiative.”
“The chief secretary to the government, Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan, and Public Services Department director-general Tan Sri Ismail Adam have recently expressed concern about the management of the local councils. It is good that we have their support to further improve the delivery system,” he said.
Khir said that inefficient and ineffective state employees who continued to perform badly and not give the ratepayers their due in proper services despite constant advice and guidance would have to leave the local councils.
link : Lulu Wondering, When Khir Toyo Says "connection with powerful politicians", Is He Refering To All, Or Just Those Not Affliated To Him
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