Reconsider or halt plan to hike minimum wage, plead security guard providers


PETALING JAYA: Security guard providers are urging the government to reconsider or halt plans to increase the minimum wage to RM1,500 or many will be forced to close their business.

“The time is not yet right and if it proceeds, many will go bankrupt,” said Security Industry Association of Malaysia (PIKM) president Datuk Seri Ramli Yusuff.

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