Ambrin Buang to be first witness in PAC's 1MDB probe

PARLIAMENT | The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will call former auditor-general Ambrin Buang as a witness as part of its investigation into 1MDB.

Deputy PAC chairperson Wong Kah Woh said the PAC will decide tomorrow on the date for the hearing.

On Oct 29, Wong dropped a bombshell when he told the Dewan Rakyat that the National Audit Department's report on 1MDB to the PAC had been tampered with.

Wong did not shed details on his claims. Ambrin has since denied allegations that the document was tampered and stood by the contents of the report that was completed in 2016.

In 2015, then prime minister Najib Abdul Razak, who was facing mounting pressure on the 1MDB affair domestically and abroad, had instructed the audit on 1MDB and its findings to be submitted to the PAC.

Although Najib had promised that the probe into 1MDB would be transparent, the audit report was classified under the Official Secrets Act 1972. Reports by the National Audit Department are usually public documents.

The document was declassified on May 15, after Pakatan Harapan took over the federal government.

Meanwhile, Wong also announced that the PAC would be looking into cases raised by the auditor-general's latest report that was tabled in Parliament in August. - Mkini