Abdul Rashid Hussain denies that Madinah Mohamad was never summoned to testify before the RCI, saying she wanted to appear with another officer.
Abdul Rashid Hussain, who is now TH chairman, said the commission had in fact served Madinah with a subpoena.
However, he said she asked to attend proceedings with then financial audit division deputy director Mona Othman, which the RCI rejected.
“During RCI proceedings, we examine witnesses on a one-to-one basis. So we did not allow her (to testify with Mona),” he said at a public dialogue on TH at Tenera Hotel & Suites here.
Rashid was among six members of the RCI led by former chief justice Raus Sharif.
He said the RCI also gave Madinah the opportunity to submit written answers to 75 questions from the commission, which she submitted as a statutory declaration.
“It is in our record as a witness statement. She submitted it on April 1, 2022,” he added.
Madinah previously claimed that she was denied the opportunity to be heard as she was not called to testify during the RCI proceedings despite being ready to face the panel.
She said she was already at the location where the proceedings were held and had waited for more than 30 minutes but her name was not called.
Madinah, who served as A-G from 2017 to 2019, also stood by her audit of TH’s financial statements between 2014 and 2017, saying she prioritised national interests at the time.
The RCI found that TH concealed its true financial position for years, reporting a RM3.4 billion profit in 2017 when it should have recorded a net loss of RM1.4 billion under the appropriate accounting standards, a difference of nearly RM4.8 billion.
The commission also criticised the national audit department for not conducting stricter audits of TH’s financial statements from 2014 to 2017. - FMT
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