“A large number of state employees have received a letter, informing them that they will no longer receive their salaries as of May 1,” said Mohamad Nasier Eskak, director at the Ministry of Home Affairs (Biza). The director could not indicate exactly how many state employees have received the official letter because many people who opted for the online registration never received a confirmation email. He pointed out that during the first round of registrations, six thousand state employees had failed to get registered and that only eighteen hundred showed up in person during the window period. “The people who have received an official letter have been given the opportunity to send letters to defend themselves. These letters are currently being processed. The state employees who opted for the online registration and who emphasize this in their letters will receive their salary of May and June at the end of June. The next step is to fire the state employees who failed to show up in person or to register themselves online if they do not report to the Ministry of Home Affairs. Jeanine Jurel, one of he teachers who have received the official letter, explained that she opted for the online registration but that she never received any proof or receipt. She pointed out that she has been given the opportunity to defend her case so that she can receive her salary again at the end of June. “I have to find a way to survive until the end of June. I will not borrow any money to do the work for the Ministry of Education. There are many people who do not even know that their salaries have been frozen,” said Jurel. Meredith Hoogdorp, deputy chairwoman of the Wi Sa Strey Syndicate, claimed that 1,032 teachers will not receive their salaries. She explained that the syndicate is making a list of all of these teachers to find out how to help them. Hoogdorp pointed out that a teacher went to her union officials for help but that she was told that the union could not do anything for her because she had failed to get registered. She was shocked to hear this because all of the teachers pay their membership fee to the unions at the end of each month. “We will find ways to help these teachers because we are already facing a shortage in our education system. The teachers whose salaries have been frozen are not to blame for glitches in the system,” said Hoogdorp….[+]