A DETAILED breakdown of the salaries of the chief executive officers of Human Resource Development Corporation (HRD Corp), Talent Corp and PERKESO will be provided, says Human Resources Minister Steven Sim (pic).
Sim offered the information to RSN Rayer (PH-Jelutong), who inquired about the compensation packages of these organisations’ leaders.
Rayer alleged that the CEOs of PERKESO, HRD Corp, and Talent Corp earn between RM90,000 and RM120,000 per month.
Sim stressed the importance of competitive salaries to attract top talent, clarifying that the salary structures were set before his tenure.
“I have instructed the officers to provide YB Jelutong with the requested salary details for statutory bodies and government-linked companies so that he has accurate information and not just hearsay,” he said during his winding-up speech in Parliament yesterday.
Addressing the investigation into HRD Corp, Sim assured that the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) would conduct a thorough probe, stating that no one would be exempt from scrutiny.
“The HRD Corp secretary-general and the CEO were directed to follow up on the Auditor-General’s report.
“I believe it is unprecedented for a ministry to take such drastic action by independently making a report to the MACC following the Auditor-General’s report,” he added.
Rayer had questioned the ministry’s stance on the matter, prompting Sim to affirm his commitment to full cooperation with the authorities.
“My duty is to cooperate fully with the authorities in their investigation, and we have done so.”
Sim also denied allegations that he had ignored recommendations and comments from the Auditor-General’s report and Public Accounts Committee (PAC), clarifying that these issues arose under the previous administration.
On July 5 last year, the Human Resources Ministry handed over documents linked to audit reports on HRD Corp, which were reviewed for elements of corruption.
A special MACC task force was set up to investigate governance lapses, summoning 10 individuals and retrieving documents from HRD Corp’s headquarters in Bukit Damansara.
Suspicious real estate deals and high-risk investments were some of the issues identified by the PAC in its report on HRD Corp.
One such deal was the purchase of Menara Ikhlas for RM202.5mil in February 2021, where a deposit of RM120mil was paid upfront to a company named Crystal Clear Technology.
Meanwhile, HRD Corp CEO Datuk Shahul Hameed Shaik Dawood, who took voluntary leave in July to facilitate the probe, has since returned to work.
