Indian Malaysians make up 6.5pct of the population but only 3.63pct of the civil service.
Key takeaways
Former MP Charles Santiago highlighted that Indian Malaysians, making up 6.5% of the population, hold only 3.63% of civil service positions, calling for increased representation and greater transparency in hiring.
- Indian civil servants number 47,349, about 3.63% of 1.3 million public servants.
- Santiago estimates 37,000 more Indian officers are needed to reach 85,000, reflecting population share.
- From 2021-2025, 194,807 Indian applications were submitted, but only 5,289 were hired, a 2.71% hire rate.
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Although Indian Malaysians account for about 6.5 percent of the population, their representation in the civil service remains disproportionately low, former Klang MP Charles Santiago said, urging the government to address the disparity.
On Oct 14, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Sabah and Sarawak) Mustapha Sakmud told the Dewan Rakyat that Indians accounted for just 3.63 percent of the country’s civil service.
That is 47,349 Indians out of 1.3 million public servants, the New Straits Times reported.
Charles estimated that the civil service would need about 37,000 more Indian officers to reflect the community’s share of the population, saying the workforce should comprise approximately 85,000 Indian officers.
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