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IPOH, April 29 (Bernama) -- Perak Islamic Affairs Department (JAIP) Director Datuk Jamry Sury has been transferred back to the State Secretariat from where he had been sent to the department on secondment.
Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin said Tuesday it was a normal transfer but a Perak state assemblyman, speaking in Sitiawan, claimed that Jamry was Tuesday ordered to go on a 24-hour transfer for alleged non-cooperation.
The assemblyman claimed that Mohammad Nizar issued the transfer order to Jamry over the telephone and did not allow him to give any explanation.
Jamry, who is also secretary of the Perak Islamic Affairs and Malay Customs Council (MAIAMP), declined to comment but said he might issue a statement after an audience with the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah, Tuesday evening at the Istana Kinta here.
Mohammad Nizar said: "That (the transfer) is a normal administrative procedure. We had the deputy state secretary transferred (a few days earlier) on promotion to the headquarters. This is usual. You should have asked this question when the previous menteri besar transferred the state secretary soon after taking office. I didn't."
He spoke at a news conference after a function at the Perak Islamic Administration Institute (INTIM) here Tuesday evening.
He said there were no specific reasons for the transfer and that it was a normal transfer.
Asked whether the transfer was because of alleged non-cooperation on Jamry's part, Mohammad Nizar said: "I don't know, you ask him."
He said it was "quite normal" when asked whether Jamry was given a 24-hour notice instead of the usual transfer period.
Mohammad Nizar said Jamry was seconded to JAIP and now he was transferred back to the State Secretariat office.
"He's been transferred to the State Secretariat headquarters again. There is no negative repercussion. You (media) actually shouldn't raise that question because staff have been moving in and out," he said when asked to elaborate on the transfer.
Asked why no announcement was made on the transfer, the menteri besar said there was no requirement for the state government to announce the transfer of its officers.
-- BERNAMA
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