UPDATED
By Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 10 — Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz said the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) did not recommend a pay rise to curb graft.
The New Straits Times reported on its front page today that MACC will recommend that ministers, deputy ministers and elected representatives be given a pay rise to “prevent abuse of power and corruption,”
But Nazri, who is minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, told reporters in Parliament today that this was incorrect.
“The MACC called me this morning and denied all of this. They have not made any statement or anything like that and it is not finalised. It is not true,” he stressed.
“No, you are crazy... especially in the economic downturn and some people are losing their jobs and ministers want to raise their salaries? It is rubbish,” he said.
According to the report, MACC recommends that Malaysian MPs be paid what Singapore was paying its MPs.
A Singaporean MP gets an allowance of S$13,710 (RM33,500) a month, with ministers and senior permanent secretaries receiving S$59,760 per month (RM146,000).
Malaysian MPs currently are given a monthly allowance of RM6,508 per month and state assemblymen, a monthly allowance of RM3,000 in addition to other claims.
Executive councillors receive an additional RM3,000 and are also entitled to RM1,000 and RM2,000 in allowances for housing and entertainment respectively.
The government also allocates RM1 million in development funds for MPs while state representatives receive RM500,000.
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