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(The Star) - Sixty civil servants in Terengganu, including high-ranking officers, have either been transferred or re-designated while one senior official’s contract was not extended.
This is part of the state government’s massive restructuring exercise that will be effective Jan 1. Among the senior officials affected by the exercise are Kemaman Municipal Council president Mustofa Abdul Rahman, the Mentri Besar’s confidential secretary Idham Mustafa, deputy state secretary (Human Capital Development) Wan Nawawi Wan Ismail and assistant state secretary (Admin and Operation) Azman Ghani. Others affected include Dungun district officer Mohd Akil Mat and Besut district council president Wan Harujan Sulaiman. The contract of Islamic Council and Malay Custom CEO Datuk Alwi Mohamad was not extended in the exercise. A state government spokesman said the reshuffling of high-ranking officers was aimed to improve the quality of service rendered to the public. He said those in the lower ranks were transferred internally after the state secretary office found that they had been either stationed in one department or agency for a lengthy period or had not been performing their duties up to the requirement. The spokesman also said the exercise was normal procedure, executed bi-yearly to fill vacancies in state agencies and departments that were vacant due to retirements and resignations. However, some of the officers affected said the move was seen as abrupt and unwarranted. One officer said the move was perceived as “culling, merely because they are not aligned to certain leaders in the state”, after the change in state leadership in April this year. “We were issued letters of transfer in an impromptu manner and felt the move is actually more of a demotion for the officers, most of whom have served the state government with dedication,” he said. At 5pm yesterday, a group of disgruntled civil servants placed a banner outside the state government building Wisma Darul Iman, protesting the move.
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