Committee may also recall previous witnesses for good measure, says chairman

Committee also recommends national sovereign wealth fund strengthen its risk management framework

Committee aims to evaluate initiatives' effectiveness due to their direct impact on public, government expenditure

KUALA LUMPUR, July 9 — The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has summoned Finance Minister II Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan to testify regarding the sale of shares and privatisation of Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB) tomorrow.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 5 — The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has recalled several witnesses from the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) and Khazanah Nasional Berhad for proceedings related to the management of public airports.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 — The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will conduct four follow-up proceedings starting tomorrow, including on the management of the Multi-Lane Fast Flow (MLFF) system project under the Works Ministry (KKR) and Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM), said its chairman Datuk Mas Ermieyati Samsudin.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 14 — Malaysia’s upstream oil and gas (O&G) industry remains vibrant and continues to attract investors or petroleum arrangement contractors (PACs), as evidenced by participation in previous petroleum bidding rounds, said BMI.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 16 — The Defence Ministry (Mindef) has agreed to submit a progress report on the Royal Malaysian Navy's littoral combat ship (LCS) second-generation patrol vessel project every three months until it is completed.

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 15  — The Health Ministry (MOH) is preparing its response to the recommendations by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on the Covid-19 Outbreak Management report, including on the ventilator issue.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 — Emphasising the importance of governance reforms to address public funds allocation wastages, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said stern action will be taken against any officer or minister involved in the abuse of power that causes the leakage of public funds.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 19 — The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will begin the proceedings on its probe into the Human Resource Development Corporation's (HRD Corp) management of funds and training programmes on Monday (October 23).

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 10 — The Ministry of Defence (Mindef) has said the Attorney-General's Chambers (AGC) is actively involved and has given its full cooperation in finalising the sixth supplementary agreement (SA6) for the construction of littoral combat ships (LCS).

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 — Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Johari Abdul said he will ensure the Public Accounts Committee's (PAC) report regarding the littoral combat ship (LCS) construction project will be debated in Parliament.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 15 – The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will call up representatives of the Ministry of Defence (Mindef) over the littoral combat ship (LCS) project this September, says its chairman Datuk Mas Ermieyati Samsudin.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 15 – The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has indicated that it wants the Defence Ministry’s Land Swap project report to be declassified.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 8 — The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will be commencing its proceeding on the construction progress of the second-generation littoral combat ships (LCS) owned by the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN).

KUALA LUMPUR, June 6 — The Dewan Rakyat session this afternoon was disturbingly quiet when all the opposition Members of Parliament were absent from participating in the motion for debate on Auditor-General’s Report (LKAN) 2021 Series 2.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16 — Further probes into any issue that has been presented in the report of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to Parliament is a common practice.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 15 — The probe into the Ministry of Defence’s (Mindef) controversial land swap deal issue should be continued by the new Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to enable the public to get a clearer picture of the issue.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 6 — The federal government debt in 2021 stood at RM979.81 billion, an increase of RM100 billion from RM879.56 billion in the previous year, giving a ratio to gross domestic product (GDP) of 63.4 per cent.