No pay rise for ministers and MPs, but pay cut for GLC bosses

10 Jul 2018 / 16:14 H.
    No pay rise for ministers and MPs, but pay cut for GLC bosses
    Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad alongside Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (2nd L), Head of the National Centre for Governance, Integrity and Anti-Corruption (GIACC) Tan Sri Abu Kassim Mohamed (L), Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Dr Ali Hamsa (2nd R) and Malaysia Anti Corruption Commission (MACC) chief Commissioner Datuk Mohd Shukri Abdull (R), during the governance, integrity, and anti-corruption briefing, at the MACC headquarter, on July 10, 2018. — Bernama

PUTRAJAYA: The government has no plans to increase the salaries of ministers and government MPs, but will cut those in the private sector, particularly government-linked companies (GLC).
Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the pay received by MPs and Cabinet members are not high, and some high-ranking officers in the GLCs are earning exorbitant amounts.
"I know the salaries of the MPs are lower compared with the private sector. We don't want to be too much lower than them, so we are reducing the salary of the private sector," he said, drawing laughter from the press today.
"Do you know that some people who run some of the GLCs get as much as RM7 million a year?"
Mahathir was responding to a question if the government plans to increase ministers and MPs' salaries as they are earning much lower than those in the private sector, including lawyers and doctors.
Mahathir had previously on May 23, announced that Cabinet ministers have agreed to take a 10% salary cut, a move to reduce government spending.
Commenting further on the matter, the Pakatan Harapan chairman said he was only earning about RM20,000 per month when he stepped down as the fourth prime minister in October 2003.

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