Motion to stop paying special envoys denied


A MOTION to remove the salary allocations for three special envoys and five special advisers to the Prime Minister totalling RM2.6mil from the 2014 Budget has been shot down but not without heated debate from both sides of the political divide.

Pakatan Rakyat lawmakers have proposed that salaries for the three envoys – Datuk Seri Jamaluddin Jarjis (United States), Tan Sri Ong Ka Ting (China) and Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu (India and South Asia) – amounting to RM980,179 a year, not be included in the Budget.

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