‘Executive can't act on PAC chief for expunged 1MDB report’

The government has no power to act on Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairperson Hasan Arifin, who had expunged a couple line in PAC's 1MDB report.

"For your information, PAC is a committee established under Article 77(1) of the Standing Orders of the Dewan Rakyat.

"Thus, it is not the jurisdiction of the executive to decide the status of the PAC chief," said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Azalina Othman Said.

Azalina said this in a written reply to Lim Kit Siang (DAP-Gelang Patah) submitted in Parliament yesterday.

"I want the prime minister to state if action will be taken against Hasan for deleting two lines from the PAC report," Lim said in his question to the House.

He said the deleted part involving the concern voiced by Bank Negara Malaysia about Good Star Limited, which is owned by an individual, has no connection with PetroSaudi International.

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-Mkini