PCA BUKTI KOMITMEN KERAJAAN PERANGI JENAYAH

KUCHING - Rang Undang-undang Pencegahan Jenayah (Pindaan dan Pemerluasan) 2013 yang diluluskan Dewan Rakyat semalam membuktikan komitmen tinggi kerajaan untuk memerangi jenayah berat di negara ini.

Naib Pengerusi Yayasan Pencegahan Jenayah Malaysia, Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye berkata, penguatkuasaan undang-undang itu kelak dapat membantu meningkatkan lagi keyakinan rakyat terhadap keselamatan mereka.

"Saya harap rakyat secara keseluruhannya akan menyokong akta ini yang sudah pasti dapat membantu dalam menangani masalah jenayah berat," katanya pada sidang akhbar, di sini, semalam.

Beliau berkata, pada masa sama polis perlu dilengkapkan lagi dengan peralatan lebih canggih yang sekali gus boleh meningkatkan kecekapan pasukan keselamatan itu.

"Pastikan juga polis mendapat peruntukan yang mencukupi untuk menggantikan kenderaan-kenderaan mereka yang sudah usang dan mempunyai kakitangan yang mencukupi untuk menjalankan tugas mereka," katanya. – Bernama

Sumber: Sinar Harian

PUNISH CIVIL SERVANTS RESPONSIBLE FOR LOSSES -TI-M

PETALING JAYA: Transparency International Malaysia (TI-M) has urged serious efforts to be made to penalise errant civil servants responsible for the non-compliance that has resulted in the wastage identified in the Auditor-General's 2012 Report.

TI-M president, Datuk Akhbar Satar warned that the country will continue to suffer more losses annually if no serious effort was made to remove the "dead wood" who adopt a lackadaisical attitude towards their job and the public funds they manage.

Source: The Sun

10% ‘DISCOUNT’ ON PTPTN LOANS


KUALA LUMPUR: Graduates who have consistently paid their higher education loans with the National Higher Education Corporation (PTPTN) according to their payment schedule will enjoy a 10% discount annually starting this month.


The discount will be available to them for an indefinite period.

PTPTN chairman Datuk Shamsul Anuar Nasarah announced the move today which is part of an incentive package presented in the 2013 Budget last year.

Source: The Sun

PAC IS NOT TOOTHLESS, SAYS JAZLAN


PETALING JAYA: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is not toothless, said its chairman Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamad.

In defending the PAC, Jazlan said the committee had called up witnesses in high-profile cases, including the enquiries on the National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) and the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ).

“It’s not toothless. It has the power to compel people to answer questions,” said the Pulai MP. He pointed out that in the PKFZ case, the committee had called former transport ministers Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik and Tan Sri Chan Kong Choy.

Many have accused the PAC of being toothless though it has powers to investigate the Auditor-General’s reports, which have highlighted excesses and wastage in government departments and agencies.

When asked about the cases highlighted in the current report, Jazlan explained that action had been taken by the various ministries to resolve the problems.

“Not all that is printed in the report has to be acted upon by the PAC,” he said, adding that there was a special committee chaired by the Auditor-General to push for action in various ministries.

As for the purported waste in the hiring of security companies for schools, Jazlan explained that the sampling in the audit was a small one and it did not mean that every security company was in the wrong.

Source: The Star