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Pay demand for Malaysian polic
Malaysia's new police chief has called on the government to pay his officers properly, saying it would help tackle the problem of corruption in the force.
Musa Hassan says that salaries are currently so low that many policemen and women should be counted among the country's hard core poor.
A new recruit into Malaysia's police force can expect to be paid as little as $180 (£95) a month.
That is less than migrant construction workers make.
The Malaysian media highlighted the case of one graduate with 10 years service earning just $300 a month.
That is less than a third of what he would make in the private sector and well below Kuala Lumpur's official poverty line of $400 a month.
Low pay is widely seen as contributing to high levels of corruption within the police.
The force's new inspector general, Musa Hassan, has warned his officers that if salaries rise there can be no more excuses for taking bribes. Those who do will be sacked and prosecuted, he said.
Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi has made tackling corruption one of his administration's priorities.
However, over-manning in the force will make any pay increase costly. There are more than 80,000 police officers in Malaysia for a population of around 25 million.
Officers are widely perceived as lazy as well as open to bribery.
The government is likely to demand performance improvements in exchange for any salary review.
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