Police recruits must get credit in three years
BY BEH YUEN HUIKUALA LUMPUR: Those intending to join the police force as constables need not have a credit in the SPM Bahasa Melayu paper under a move to encourage more non-Malays to join the force.
However, they will be given three years to obtain the credit, failing which they have to resign.
Police Director of Management Comm Datuk Kamarudin Ali said the move was part of efforts to recruit more non-Malays into the force.
“They must also meet all other requirements before they are considered,” he told reporters at the launch of a crime awareness and prevention booklet, CurbCuff, produced by the Rotary Club of Sentul, at the Grand Season Hotel here yesterday.
Early this year, the minimum entry requirement to become constables was raised to an SPM with credit in Bahasa Melayu.
Before that, those with the Penilaian Menengah Rendah certificate were accepted.
Comm Kamarudin said: “Extra courses will also be given to them to improve their command in BM.
“I believe their BM will improve by the time they sit for the paper as they will be communicating with their Malay colleagues in the language,” he added.
He said those accepted without a credit would be placed in the PMR salary scale.
“Once they obtain the credit, their salaries will be adjusted to the SPM scale,” he said.
The minimum starting salary for constables with SPM is RM684.13 while PMR holders begin with RM601.85. They also get a civil service allowance of RM80 and a special payment of RM100 for long hours of work.
The Federal Territory MCA said police and military personnel should be given better pay and promotional prospects to attract youths of all races.
Its liaison committee member Farn Seong Than said that if these two bodies could offer better conditions of services and “fair and attractive” pay and promotional prospects, then it would be easier to get more Chinese youths to join.
“I urge the Government to seriously review the conditions of service and promotional opportunities to attract more youths of all races to join the forces.
“Malaysian Chinese youths are just as loyal and patriotic as other races and they are keen to serve and protect the country,” he said in a statement here yesterday.
Farn said that apart from the low remuneration, the authorities should also find out the real reasons for the poor response from non-Malay youths.
MCA Youth central committee member Fam Lee Ee said Singapore and Hong Kong provided good incentives to policemen and this was one reason why many youths there became soldiers and policemen.
Fam, who is MCA Youth International Affairs Bureau chief, commended efforts by the MCA leadership and groups to encourage Chinese youths to join the police force.
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