Declare polygamous unions,M'sian civil servants told
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
MALAYSIA has asked civil servants with more than one wife to declare their marriages to prevent disputes over pensions if they die, a report said Tuesday.
A spokeswoman for Malaysia's Public Service Department (PSD) said there had been cases of "long-standing conflicts" among widows over the rights to their husbands' pension payments.
"They are encouraged to make the declaration to their respective heads of department," the New Straits Times quoted Hasniah Rashid. "If anything happens to them, we know who to get in touch with and the right amount of pension to be paid to the wives," she said.
Muslim men in Malaysia are allowed up to four wives. Hasniah said the department had been forced to revise pension payments to spouses after the sudden appearance of a second or third wife demanding their husband's pension.
AFP
A spokeswoman for Malaysia's Public Service Department (PSD) said there had been cases of "long-standing conflicts" among widows over the rights to their husbands' pension payments.
"They are encouraged to make the declaration to their respective heads of department," the New Straits Times quoted Hasniah Rashid. "If anything happens to them, we know who to get in touch with and the right amount of pension to be paid to the wives," she said.
Muslim men in Malaysia are allowed up to four wives. Hasniah said the department had been forced to revise pension payments to spouses after the sudden appearance of a second or third wife demanding their husband's pension.
AFP
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