by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Sunday, February 9, 1992:
DAP calls for an all-party Parliamentary Inquiry as to how the Public Services Department could make such a colossal mistake as to overpay 25,000 civil servants for 10 years and why it has taken over a decade to discover such a mistake
It is most shocking that more than 25,000 civil servants were “overpaid” by between $400 and $20,000 over the past 10 years. It reflects very popular on the administrative efficiency and competence of the Public Services Department. Continue reading DAP calls for an all-party Parliamentary Inquiry as to how the Public Services Department could make such a colossal mistake as to overpay 25,000 civil servants for 10 years and why it has taken over a decade to discover such a mistake