Speaking at today's parliamentary budget review committee meeting, Inaz said he met with Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) and police yesterday after he came to know of the media reports. The reports came after Mulaku MP Abdulla Yamin claimed on Tuesday that a 40 percent increase in salaries of Maldives Police Service employees and MNDF officers was included in the proposed Rf14 billion budget. Refuting the claim, Inaz stressed that the government proposed to increase the funds allocated for the salaries of police and armed forces by 9.51 percent but not to increase their salaries. "It was to cover the salary increment for officers who receive promotion and salaries of those who are to be employed next year," he said. The minister noted that the police would employ 50 new officers next year while the armed forces will only hire officers to the vacant posts.