PAC interviews Mkini columnist in probe on govt, DBKL land deals
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) today interviewed Malaysiakini columnist and veteran journalist R Nadeswaran in its inquiry into land dealings conducted under the government and the Kuala Lumpur City Council (DBKL).
In a statement today, PAC chairperson Mas Ermieyati Samsudin said that Nadeswaran was interviewed as a witness, as part of the committee's examination of land development affairs overseen by the Federal Territories Department, the Department of Director-General of Lands and Mines, and DBKL.
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