The Malaysian Armed Forces Veterans Association (PVATM) has urged Putrajaya to narrow the pensions gap between long-retired and newly-retired armed forces personnel in Budget 2018.

According to PVATM president Mohd Anwar Mohd Nor, there are disparities in pensions received by veterans of same rank who retired at different times, which can be as high as 100 percent.

"Sergeants who retired before 1993, from 1994 to 2004, and after 2004, received monthly pensions of RM1,300, RM1,500 and RM 2,400 respectively," he told a press conference in Kuala Lumpur.

Mohd Anwar also claimed that personnel with the rank of major who retired from service before 1993 receive a pension of RM1,800 a month, as opposed to newly-retired personnel of the same rank, who receive RM3,800 monthly...