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Johari mulls making MPs pay for being absent


KUALA LUMPUR: Don’t turn up, get your allowance docked.

This measure is being seriously considered as a way to deter absenteeism among MPs, said Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Johari Abdul.

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