PUTRAJAYA, August 16 - Heads of Departments who fail to report the misconduct of their subordinates will be subject to disciplinary action, subsequently affecting their chances of promotion.

Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said it is the responsibility of the Head of Department to strengthen the integrity and governance of the Public Service.

"Because there is a Headmasters, a Head of Department, wanting to protect the image of the department and the image of the school, a boy was beaten half to death and not reported to the police; there is a Head of Department who knew that his subordinate had an undeclared excessive wealth; So, if the Head of Department fails to report such cases, he would be ineligible for promotion," he said.

He said this while speaking at the 19th Public Service Prime Minister's Council (MAPPA), here.

Anwar added that Heads of Departments must also need to implement job rotation on a regular basis to avoid cases of misconduct among public officials.

Apart from seeing to the need of ensuring direct services to the people such as having doctors in hospitals and police officers in the field, it needs to adapt to the burden of actual duties and no longer burdened with the tasks of an administrative nature.

Anwar also requested that the proposal be implemented before the presentation of the Budget this October and its implementation next December 1st.