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Anwar orders review of TalentCorp applications, including returning doctors

PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has instructed the Human Resources Ministry to review TalentCorp's handling of applications, including those from doctors seeking to return to Malaysia to serve in the country.

Anwar orders review of TalentCorp applications, including returning doctors

PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has ordered the Human Resources Ministry to reassess TalentCorp's handling of applications, including those from doctors seeking to return to Malaysia to work. Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil informed that Anwar has requested the ministry to present a report to the Cabinet regarding the status of applications received, processing times, approvals, and rejections.

This review comes following several concerns raised with Anwar by the Malaysian Medical Council (MMC). At his weekly media briefing, Fahmi stated that the prime minister wants the Human Resources Ministry to examine TalentCorp's operations, specifically focusing on the status of applications, processing periods, approved, and rejected applications, including those from doctors wishing to return to Malaysia to serve.

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