Malaysian is a forgetful society - Part 1

Malaysian is a very forgetful society. (2007 in Review - Part 1)

Where is the OUTCOME of the investigation on the 2006 Auditor-General’s Report that had been completed on 28th June 2007?

So many Question Asked?

“Why are Cabinet Ministers only beginning to wake up now to the gross mismanagement, waste and abuse of public funds more than two months of the completion of the Auditor-General’s Report?

“Would the Ministers reacted to these gross mismanagement of public funds if no publicity had been given to the Auditor-General’s Report?

“Were all the Ministers aware of and had approved the explanations which the various government departments had given, some most ridiculous and most unacceptable, to the strictures of the Auditor-General’s Report and which had been tabled in the House?

“Is every Minister prepared to appear before the Public Accounts Committee to personally assume responsibility for the mismanagement of public funds highlighted in the Auditor-General’s Report?”

Investigation Started.......But
When the Auditor-General’s Report is dated June 28, 2007, it would mean that it had been submitted to the Yang di Pertuan Agong under Article 107 of the Constitution, with copies available to the Prime Minister, the Cabinet and relevant heads of Ministries and departments in a matter of days.

This had been confirmed by the ACA director-general in the New Straits Times report “ACA probe into audit cases ’started earlier’” where Ahmad Said admitted that the ACA had begun investigations into the Auditor-General’s 2006 Report “long before it was tabled in Parliament” on September 7.


So Many ISSUES raised.........But

• How the Youth and Sports Ministry paid RM8.39 million more than the market price for 13 items for its youth institute’s programmes.
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  Among these were RM224 for a set of four screwdrivers costing RM32 in the market; RM5.72 million for two crane towers against the market price of RM2.98 million; technical books consisting of 10 titles priced at RM10,700; and a 3.1 megapixel digital camera that was bought for RM8,254;
• The way the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry has been dishing out funds to non-governmental organisations which do not qualify for them; and,
• How two Social Welfare Department district offices in Raub and Bentong under the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry were found to have distributed RM113,035 aid to 36 people who had died.
• National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) paying RM5.59 million in advance to 4,183 students who did not apply for a loan; and
• Escalation of costs because of mismanagement and delays in the construction of six high-tech offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) by a whopping RM1.4 billion.

Who is responsible for all these misconduct?

When is the Investigation Report going to release yet?

Why is all the Silence?

Where is the Action taken?

How to prevent similar event to happen again?

Has Malaysian forget about this events? When the next AG report is out this year, will Malaysia just forget about it in 6 months time?

Accountablity?

Resposibility?

Transparency?

Enforcement?

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