KUALA LUMPUR, April 1 -- Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M. Saravanan has removed Datuk Noor Farida Mohd Ariffin from her position as the chairman of the Human Resource Development Fund (HRDF).

Speaking to Malay Mail, Noor Farida confirmed that five other out of the 18 board of directors members, including the chief executive officer (CEO) Elanjelian Venugopal, were also removed.

"Yes, we have all been removed from the HRDF board by the new minister of Human Resources," Noor Farida said when contacted.

"Myself and the directors who had our contracts prematurely terminated, had been appointed by the previous minister, M. Kulasegaran, to help implement the recommendations of the Governance Oversight Committee, to get rid of the confl...