Minister moots review of Socso claim approvals after 'puzzling' rejections

Human Resources Minister M Saravanan today said his ministry's weekly “Meet The Customers” session has increasingly attracted complaints from workers whose claims for invalidity pension under the Social Security Organisation (Socso) had been rejected by its medical board.

Speaking to reporters at the MIC headquarters, where the session is held every Thursday between agencies under the Human Resources Ministry and the public, Saravanan said he was personally saddened and puzzled by the rejections...