From The Malaysian Insider
By Shannon Teoh
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 18 — Former police chief Tan Sri Rahim Noor is getting paid an allowance based on his last drawn salary despite his pension being forfeited after he was convicted of assaulting Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim in 1998, Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz revealed in Parliament today.
Nazri, who is Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, said Rahim began receiving the alimentary allowance after appealing to the Yang DiPertuan Agong.
“The allowance is the prerogative of the Crown and is based on the IGP’s last drawn salary,” Nazri told reporters after debating the Pensions (Amendment) Bill 2008.
His shocking revelation came after Pakatan Rakyat lawmakers objected to Datuk Ismail Abdul Muttalib’s (BN-Maran) claim that Anwar is drawing a pension for his service to the country. Anwar was assaulted on Sept 20 1998 after he was detained under the Internal Security Act. He was earlier sacked as deputy prime minister on charges of corruption and sodomy.
Anwar, who made his parliamentary comeback in August after a thumping victory in the Permatang Pauh by-election, angrily refuted Ismail’s statement by saying that he had not been paid a sen “while in jail”. Anwar was jailed in 1999 but the Federal Court freed him in 2004 from his sodomy conviction.
M. Kula Segaran (DAP-Ipoh Barat) then stood up and declared that “man who beat the former Deputy Prime Minister was paid a pension but the victim did not receive a sen”.
But Nazri then clarified that Rahim was technically not receiving a pension but an allowance.
He added that it was wrong to assume Anwar had not been paid a pension at all but that it only stopped upon his corruption conviction.
Under the law, civil servants, elected representatives and Cabinet ministers receive a pension but this will be withdrawn should the individual be jailed a year or fined RM2,000 or more.
According to Nazri, the Pensions Act provides for an alimentary allowance but at the discretion of the Agong.
Nazri further explained that Anwar’s pension would now be calculated based on total years of service as an MP even from before his conviction.
The pension will also be based on his highest drawn salary, i.e., as deputy prime minister.
saya banyak berita keadilan tak tau la….tolong tukar ke bahasa melayu kembali plsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
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rakyat jadi hairan ala berita hairan,
samseng jalanan ambil upah pukul orang IGP pun dapat upah (allowance) pukul orang???
ini namanya Malaysia Boleh!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Dear Anwar,
Please cut the story short & forget your entire episode with Rahim Noor. You’ve been indeed jailed for corruption & that’s the truth. Justice NEVER lies!!!
Just because you are NOT entitled to whatever pension/allowance, you wanna get furious & jealous??? So what if the person who bashed you till you looked like a bruised PANDA gets his allowance??? Rahim Noor deserve somekind of pension fund/allowance for his contributions in PDRM. As for you, the $$$ you have absconded is more than to call pension fund.
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mat jenin Reply:
December 23rd, 2008 at 10:04 am
anwar…u’re sick!!!!most malays hate u right now!
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Minyak Reply:
December 31st, 2008 at 11:12 pm
Mat jenin= Orang Kuat Berangan…
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Is this what justice is all about? The perpetrator is protected via a specially-arranged allowance while the victim gets the short end of the stick? As peace-loving Malaysians wanting a better future for our children and grandchildren, we must all consciously fight all these injustices.
DSAI, what goes around comes around. I am sure you will be amply compensated in good health, a happy and healthy family and a good name for yourself and your family, thats karma!
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kalau camtu semua kakitangan kerajaan yg telah menjadi banduan dan di denda oleh mahkamah bolehlah membuat rayuan kepada Yang Dipertuan Agung. Rahim Noor boleh, org lain pun kena bolah jugaklah
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askm.
we shoulds not call that minister yb nazri insteed call him moron is more batter.
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DSAI we must work really hard to put these scums of our society that hide under the two accursed letters BN in prison. They have been fooling the kind and generous people of malaysia for too long. We should have something like the infamous Guantanamo especially for them. Let them test the pain and the bitter taste of their own medicine. Because they are worst than our domestic rubbish they should be made unrecycleable.
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Despite winning a court case in Perak against the federal government between my uncle and the Government, the Government is still refusing to pay money… This court case is being represented by the honourable VK Singh, even he is powerless against Malaysian corruption and lawlessness. Why should we invest in a country such as Malaysia, where the decline of the english language is decreasing? Where the competency levels is decreasing due to a shift of the skilled offshore because of racial oppression? Why should we bother at all with a relatively small economy and a relatively small market? Are the cronies in denial? Are they kings of the rubbish heap in denial? Maybe they should look over the causeway or even in Vietnam which not long ago was a third world impoverished communist state…
My Business is based in Sydney, its very hard for me to promote Malaysia as a place to invest with such corruption, not to mention the arrogance of Kelantan Melayu.. My advice is Barisan Nasional – Go for it! See how far you get.. landslides are a disaster.. but they happen because of risky and corrupt decisions.
If corruption is bred amongst the people, death is inevitable. We can be thankful to those responsible getting away with it. Only in Malaysia.
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Kenapa Penjenayah jijik ini dapat bayaran, ooi, tak namakan pencen, tapi bila dapat bayaran bulanan, panggillah apa nama pun, pencenlah tu. Rakyat Malaysia menentang bayaran bulanan atas nama nama pun kepada Penjenayah benama Rahim ni.
Rahim dibayar dengan duit rakyat, duit pembayar cukai, BN ni mempertahan penjenayah.
Kalau polis mata-mata biasa didapati bersalah kerana ambil RM10.00, dia tidak ada hak lagi kepada apa-apa bayaran kenapa Penjenayah Ketua Polis Negara ni mendapat bayaran?
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In Malaysia, Lanun(pirates)are paid allowances. This is good news to the Somali pirates who are under UN pressure.
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Halalkan saja lah TSRN tu dapat terima allowance. Kan dah menjadi kewajiban semua insan tu untuk dia isi perut dan sarai tanggungan dia. Kalau dia dah dapat allownce tak perlu dia cari kerja kat lain dan perkerjaan lain tu boleh di isikan oleh yang lain. Dia bukan jahat cuma diperjahatkan. Harap-harap DSAI dah maaf kan kesalahan TSRN yang lalu….. dan terus berjuang untuk Negara, Bangsa-Bangsa, Agama-Agama dan Parti-Parti (cana plak? kalau parti yng lain kurang betul harap diperbetulkan lah tu —melalui kretik dan debat diparlimen)
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TSRN HANYA YANG MENURUT PERINTAH, SEBENARNYA YANG MEMBERI PERINTAH JUGA PERLU DI PENJARAKAN! DI MALAYSIA BOLEH KAH? BUKA MATA DAN TINJAU LAH SAHAJA DI SEKELILING DUNIA KITA. DI SINI MALAYSIA TA’BOLEH; PERCAYA TA’?
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