‘Soldier recruitment not based on ethnicity’

Brig-Jen Padman: ‘Favouritism and quota are not considerations to determine promotions in the Armed Forces.’

KUALA LUMPUR: The perception of institutional racism in the Malaysian Armed Forces is not only misleading but detrimental to efforts in recruiting other races to join the military.

Reserve Force division director-general Brig-Jen Padman Bhaskaran said the organisation was hierarchical in structure whereby in the army, only a few appointments are available for the posts of Brigadier-Jeneral onwards.