PM arah semakan proses kepulangan pakar melalui TalentCorp

Perdana Menteri Anwar Ibrahim has directed the Ministry of Human Resources to re-examine the management of TalentCorp applications, including those from doctors seeking to return to Malaysia to serve. Minister of Communications Fahmi Fadzil informed reporters that the Prime Minister wants the ministry to present findings from the inquiry to the Cabinet.

The Prime Minister asked the Ministry of Human Resources to investigate the (application process) and report back to the Cabinet, he said at a media briefing after the Cabinet meeting. Fahmi added that the survey would cover the status of applications received, the time taken for processing, and the number of successful and rejected applications, including doctors wishing to return to serve in Malaysia.

The directive came following concerns raised by the Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) to Anwar. Last month, Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad stated that the Return of Experts Program (REP) under TalentCorp aims to attract Malaysia's talent working abroad, including medical and health professionals, to return to the homeland. The highest application count for the REP program within the health sector came from the United Kingdom (UK), Singapore, and Australia, with doctors and nurses forming the largest professional group applying for the program.

He said doctors and foreign nurses are also allowed to serve in Malaysia under strict conditions monitored by the MMC and the Malaysian Nurses Council to meet the demand for workforce in critical facilities and specific locations.