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Why spend RM81m on Jasa in Budget 2021? Veteran servicemen’s group asks Putrajaya - superadmin - 11-07-2020
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 7 ― The National Patriots Association (Patriot) wants the government to explain its RM81 million allocation to the Special Affairs Department (Jasa) under the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia.
Patriot President Brig-Jen (Retired) Datuk Mohamed Arshad Raji also questioned the decision to bring back the controversial department that had been criticised for being a propaganda tool, saying there were other existing agencies that could disseminate information about government initiatives and programmes.
“What is so special about Jasa that other agencies of the ministry could not do? This is sheer duplication of tasks and wastage of funds. At a time when our country is so squeezed of funds, such wastage is irresponsible,” he said in a statement today.
He said Jasa had deviated from its original objectives over the years and had become a political propaganda machinery during Barisan Nasional’s rule to be used against its political rivals.
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