Military procurement personnel to be rotated every three years to prevent misconduct, says Khaled

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To prevent misconduct, including corruption, all parties involved in the procurement of military assets and the construction of military facilities will be rotated every three years, says Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin.  Speaking after the launch of the Defence Ministry's Fly the Jalur Gemilang programme on Monday (Aug 19), the Defence Minister emphasised that this rotation ensures that no one remains in their position long enough to compromise the integrity of the process.   Mohamed Khaled also mentioned that the ministry depends on the budget approved by the Finance Ministry to determine the type of assets required.  Read more at https://shorturl.at/DS9vi  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Dato' Sri, regarding the issue of procurement in the EPM, the President has made a statement

00:17that he wants to back the procurement in the EPM. What is your opinion on this?

00:22Because he said he wants to avoid issues of corruption and power abuse.

00:25Well, I believe that we can do a lot of things. As the Supreme Commander of Pertuan Agong,

00:39we always have access to everything that we do, so we will do everything together.

00:49Specifically, he only told us what it is. We have to follow what the Ministry of Finance has approved

00:59before we know what we want to buy.

01:01Any improvements currently that need to be done in procurement process, Dato' Sri?

01:09I believe that it is important that we take advice from the government,

01:18so that those who determine the specification or the value, we can rotate.

01:27It won't stay for long, meaning we will change it every three years.

01:30That is one of the things we will do.

01:38Dato' Sri, regarding the issue of procurement in the EPM, the President has made a statement

01:43that he wants to avoid issues of corruption and power abuse. What is your opinion on this?

01:49Well, I believe that we can do a lot of things. As the Supreme Commander of Pertuan Agong,

01:57we always have access to everything that we do, so we will do everything together.

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