(October 8): Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim said opposition MPs have endorsed in principal a proposal to increase MP salaries, saying it is high time their pay is revised.
“They asked for not only the salary to be revised but also allowances be provided to cover expenses for offices and researchers,” said the minister in the Prime Minister's Department.
Shahidan declined to reveal the revised amount, saying it was too "technical" to discuss.
“I will not touch on this but for your information, our MPs salaries were among the lowest in the world. The MPs in Cambodia and Uganda received higher salaries more than double of MPs salaries here,” he said.
An MP currently receives a basic salary of RM6,508.59 and a meeting allowance of RM200 per day.
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