The parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will hold a special meeting to study several cases of wastage reported in the Auditor-General’s Report (LKAN) 2020 Series 1 which was released today.
PAC chairperson Wong Kah Woh said among the cases which caught the committee’s attention was the alleged leakage of RM2.81 million involving the Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) service upgrading project under the Transport Ministry.
There was another case of wastage totalling RM16.77 million involving the management of a programme under the Energy and Natural Resources Ministry.
"One case of loss of public funds was also detected involving Control Activities on Hiring of Expatriates under the Home Ministry and Human Resources Ministry,” he told a press conference at the Parliament building in Kuala Lumpur today.
Also present were Deputy Auditor-General (Performance) Patimah Ramuji, Deputy Auditor-General (Finance) Nor Salwani Muhammad, and Deputy Auditor-General (Government Company Management) Roslan Abu Bakar.
LKAN 2020 Series 1 covers the activities of federal government ministries/departments and federal statutory bodies.
It involves financial statements and compliance auditing of federal agencies and management of federal government companies.
Wong said the LKAN also exposed an issue concerning Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera (LTAT) for allegedly making disorderly dividend payments amounting to RM600.59 million by paying using dividends from government contributions.
He said out of the 682 auditing issues identified, five could be subjected to punitive action and 677 involved corrective issues.
"When Parliament is in session, every week we meet three or four days. The current Parliament meeting is scheduled to end on Thursday (March 24) and PAC will work out our schedule for April, May, and June,” he said.
- Bernama
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