00:00Pudra Jaya announced three decisions today following a cabinet meeting.
00:05Halting new defence purchasers from Norway, keeping the civil service retirement age at 60
00:10and involving Perkeso's new Lindung 24-7 scheme.
00:14Government spokesman Fahmi Fadzil said the Defence Ministry has been ordered to stop
00:19all new procurements from Norway immediately.
00:22The move follows Norway's cancellation of Malaysia's naval strike missile deal,
00:26a decision Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim previously criticised as attributable to Western double standards.
00:33Malaysia has already demanded RM1.06 billion in compensation from Norwegian supplier Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace.
00:42Fahmi also confirmed that the government will not raise the retirement age for civil servants,
00:48rejecting a proposal to extend it to 65.
00:51Malaysia raised the retirement age from 55 to 60 in 2014.
00:56The cabinet also scrapped plans to make Perkeso's new Lindung 24-7 gem
01:01non-work accident scheme mandatory for all employees.
01:05Effective immediately, the contribution fixed that 0.75% of an employee's monthly wages
01:11will be made voluntary.
01:13The Human Resources Ministry will furnish details on the matter soon.
01:18I'm Nuncharia, FMT.
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