COMPASSIONATE GESTURE: Najib talking to Rahimah after handing over a contribution to the family. — Bernama photo
DENGKIL,Selangor: Datuk Shaharuddin Ibrahim, the Customs deputy director-general (customs/internal tax) who was shot dead last Friday, is to be posthumously upgraded from the Jusa B Superscale to Jusa A Superscale.
This was announced yesterday by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak after he called on Shaharuddin’s family here to convey his condolences.
Accompanying Najib were his wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor; Chief Secretary to the Government Datuk Seri Dr Ali Hamsa; Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail; Treasury Secretary-General Datuk Dr Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah and the Barisan Nasional (BN) electoral candidate for Putrajaya, Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor.
Najib said the upgrade would allow for an increase in the gratuity and pension to be received by Shaharuddin’s widow.
The prime minister said the government decided to upgrade Shaharuddin in view of his service in the national interest.
“It is the government’s recognition of Shaharuddin’s ultimate sacrifice as a senior government officer who had worked hard and with dedication in the service of the nation,” he said. Najib also handed over a contribution to the widow.
Shaharuddin was shot dead by one of two men on a motorcycle who came alongside his car as he was being driven from the house to his office in Putrajaya last Friday morning.
Najib advised all Customs employees to exercise greater care in discharging their duties, and said they should protect themselves against criminal elements.
“I have asked the police to conduct an investigation to solve the case quickly and bring the culprits to justice,” he said.
Meanwhile, Shaharuddin’s widow, Datin Rahimah Ibrahim, said she was touched by the visit from the prime minister and his wife.
“I thank the prime minister for his concern towards my late husband. Thank you also for the posthumous upgrade for my husband as announced by the prime minister,” she said after receiving Najib and Rosmah at her house.
Rahimah, with her children, Akhtar and Suhana, by her side, said the upgrade, which allowed an increase in Shaharuddin’s gratuity and pension, would
help ease her burden. — Bernama