Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin wants late payment issues involving the special monthly allowance for frontliners, who have been serving throughout the movement control order (MCO), to be resolved soon.
He said he had ordered this when it was raised in a special National Security Council (NSC) meeting yesterday.
“I wish to inform that it was brought up in the meeting yesterday that there were problems among those involved, as some said that the payouts to the frontliners had been slow or too much paperwork was involved.
“I urged that the matter be simplified to facilitate frontliners in making the claims as they have sacrificed a lot of their time and energy. We have to be fair and the issue must be dealt with immediately.”
He said this during a 30-minute video conference with representatives of frontliners who have been battling the Covid-19 pandemic.
The frontliners involved personnel from the Health Ministry, armed forces, police, Immigration Department, Fire and Rescue Department, Civil Defence Force (APM), Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency, and the People’s Volunteer Corps (Rela).
Muhyiddin in presenting the Prihatin Rakyat Economic Stimulus Package (Prihatin) on March 27 announced a special allowance increase from RM400 to RM600 for healthcare workers such as doctors, nurses and other medical staff directly involved in the management and containment of Covid-19.
The government will also pay a monthly allowance of RM200 to the military, police, Customs, Immigration, Civil Defence Force and Rela personnel involved in enforcing the MCO.
The allowance will be paid from April 1 till the end of the pandemic.
Meanwhile, during the video conference, APM chief commissioner Roslan Wahab expressed his gratitude on the government's decision to pay RM2 per hour allowance increment for all volunteer members as announced yesterday.
Muhyiddin added that where the frontliners are concerned they will be given top priority and the government will pay them whatever it can afford.
- Bernama
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