KUALA LUMPUR: The Home Ministry is ready to implement more frequent rotations of postings involving key agencies under its purview to ensure the integrity of its services
Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said the move follows the remand of four Immigration Department officers suspected of being involved in a syndicate that smuggled foreigners into the country.
"Despite repeated assertions about integrity, these issues still persist. On our part, we will review aspects from the placement perspective.
"The prime minister (Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim) emphasised job rotations and preventing staff from staying in one place for too long, as this could potentially lead to situations we want to avoid.
"The intention is not to imply that remaining in a position for an extended period will definitely lead to integrity violations, but rather to address it as part of administrative and management methods.
"Rotational postings are an initiative we take seriously. Immediately after the prime minister's speech at the 19th Public Service Prime Minister's Council (MAPPA) recently, I discussed with the ministry's secretary-general which agencies under the ministry practice job rotation.
"If it can help reduce the potential for disciplinary breaches, we will expedite it," he told reporters after attending his ministry's monthly assembly here.
Present was ministry secretary-general Datuk Ruji Ubi.
Yesterday, 11 people, including four enforcement officers, were remanded over their suspected involvement in a syndicate which smuggled foreigners into the country.
This came after the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission dismantled the syndicate with the arrests of 12 people.
According to a source, the enforcement officers were stationed at Kuala Lumpur International Airport's Terminal 2.
Three of them have been remanded for five days, while another has been remanded for three days.
Aside from the enforcement officers, four company owners, comprising two men and two women, have been remanded between four and five days.
Two civilians, a man and a woman believed to be representatives of the syndicate, were remanded for five days while a company manager, a man, was remanded for four days.