From Malaysiakini:
Appointment of Najib’s ex-aide at Intan cancelled
The appointment of the Najib Abdul Razak’s former principal private secretary Iskandar Mohd Kaus (above) as National Institute of Public Administration (Intan) director has been cancelled.
Government sources informed Malaysiakini that Iskandar’s appointment letter has been retracted.
The office of the chief secretary to the government, when contacted, declined to confirm the development.
It, however, said it will be calling a press conference on the matter in the near future.
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kaytee notes:This is bad news because to deny Iskandar Mohd Kaus his appointment as the 17th Director of INTAN smacks of 'Americanism', where once a political party or politician loses the election, his staff all go out with him or her.
We have been subscribing to the Brit system where the civil service remains in continuity to provide an unbroken administrative support system to our political leaders and representatives.
Iskandar Mohd Kaus was appointed by Chief Sec to Govt, Ali Hamsa, to be principal private secretary to Najib on 01 Oct 2016 to replace Sukry Mohd Salleh.
Iskandar Mohd Kaus is a member of the ADS (Administrative & Diplomatic Service of the Civil Service) since 24 March 1994. The ADS is the elite of the Civil Service, accepting only honours graduate - those without honour degrees are placed in the General Service Division.
Without knowing why his appointment as Director of INTAN has been cancelled or withdrawn, that action is a cause of concern because it implies two possibilities, both of which are unsavoury - they being:
(a) Americanism has crept into Malaysia's Civil Service - to wit, there's no more Civil Service as we know of it, or
(b) possible gross government political interference in the Malaysian Civil Service senior appointments.
