Putrajaya is amending three laws to compel judges, low ranking police personnel and army personnel to repay their debts owed to the Public Sector Home Financing Board.

Once passed, the amended Police Act will allow Putrajaya to transfer the pay and allowance of junior police personnel to the board.

As for the armed forces and judges, their persons, gratuity or other government incomes will be used for the same purpose.

All three amendment bills will be tabled for second and third reading this week.

At a press conference at the Parliament lobby, Kelana Jaya MP Wong Chen ( photo ) said the new laws would allow Putrajaya to collect money without the consent of the debtor.

Moreover, Putrajaya is also targetting the most vulnerable group - low ranking police personnel and retirees.

"We do not know what portion of income the government can take from them," he said.

"It makes it sound like the government is so desperate for money by targetting the poorest group of civil servants. It seems like bad Christmas gifts," he said.

 

Wong urged Putrajaya to withdraw these bills for now because MPs need to study and debate the bill in detail.

The current Dewan Rakyat session ends on Thursday.

Bernama reports that Under the new law - Public Sector Home Financing Board Act 2015 - a new board will be set up to manage and administer facilities for public sector home financing.

 

The financing facility will be given to those eligible for purchase of houses which are completed or under construction, purchase of land for building a house as well as to make full settlement, or part of an existing loan obtained from banks or financial institutions for the purchase of house, land and building of road to residence.