With immediate effect, participation in the Social Security Organisation’s (Socso) Lindung 24 Jam scheme will no longer be mandatory but will be voluntary.
Government spokesperson Fahmi Fadzil said the matter was decided at today’s cabinet meeting after Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim raised feedback received on the scheme.
He said the Human Resources Ministry will announce further details.
Previously, when the accident coverage scheme was implemented last month, PSM had welcomed its 24-hour coverage as a step forward, but said employers should also contribute to the scheme and not just employees.
Meanwhile, the cabinet also decided to maintain the civil service retirement age at 60 years.
Former minister Zaid Ibrahim has questioned his successor Azalina Othman Said over the latter’s assertion that the government cannot publicly disclose any list of former MACC chief commissioner Azam Baki’s shares.
Zaid Ibrahim In a Facebook post, he noted that the public can obtain shareholding information through the Companies Commission.
“Investigations have been completed, and so what confidentiality is there to protect?
“From an accountability perspective, the minister should have given a proper reply to a parliamentary question,” he said.
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Petaling Jaya MP Lee Chean Chung, who has posed the question to Azalina regarding Azam’s shareholdings, said her response gave him deja vu about the cover-ups surrounding the 1MDB scandal, raising “more questions than answers.”
In a Facebook post, Lee questioned why MPs and their constituents are not entitled to know share transactions involving top civil servants, even though they should be held to a higher standard of accountability and such transactions are already recorded by Bursa Malaysia and the Securities Commission.
Lee Chean Chung “Is Azam so special that the entire government machinery and legal provisions have to be used to protect the relevant information, to the point where elected representatives cannot get an answer on behalf of the people?” he asked.
The United Chinese School Committees’ Association (Dong Zong) and the United Chinese School Teachers’ Association (Jiao Zong) have urged voters to turn up to vote in the Johor and Negeri Sembilan elections, amid reports pointing to a low turnout due to disillusionment and apathy.
“Such actions are not only an ineffective way to voice dissatisfaction, but offer a free pass to those who would disregard the right to multi-stream education,” Dong Jiao Zong said in a joint statement, emphasising that voting is a civic responsibility.
The two groups also urged candidates and political parties to clearly state their stance on vernacular education and hold policy debates on education issues.
“Only candidates who give concrete commitments and a clear stance on multi-stream education should receive mandate and support from voters,” they said.
The cabinet has decided that the Defence Ministry should immediately halt the procurement of any defence equipment from Norway.
This follows the cabinet’s deliberation on the scuttled deal to import Naval Strike Missiles from the country, Fahmi announced in a statement today.
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