RM48,000 spent per month on five staff assigned to each Special Envoy's office, says PM


KUALA LUMPUR: More than RM48,000 is spent monthly to pay the wages of five staff members assigned to each of the three of the government's Special Envoys, the Dewan Rakyat was told Wednesday (Sept 22).

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob (pic) gave the figure in a Parliamentary reply dated Sept 21 in response to a question from Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir (PH-Johor Baru).

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