RM1 million overpaid to civil servants

KUALA LUMPUR: Ministries and government departments have been guilty of miscalculating emolument payments, in some cases overpaying to the tune of nearly RM1 million.

Auditor-General Tan Sri Ambrin Buang said RM44.01 billion in emolument payments were made last year, and weaknesses in the payment system had resulted in civil servants being either shortchanged by up to RM220,000 or overpaid by nearly RM950,000.

Among the reasons for this was outdated service records, which made it difficult to properly calculate the amount payable to each of the nation's more than one million civil servants.

There were also numerous mistakes and carelessness in processing payments, a lack of coordination between divisions of the ministries and departments involved and weak monitoring of the retrieval of excess payments.- + selanjutnya

RM1 million overpaid to civil servants