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Malay Mail
24-07-2025
- Business
- Malay Mail
PAC to summon Rural and Regional Development Ministry, Felcra over oil palm procurement issues
KUALA LUMPUR, July 24 — The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will summon the Ministry of Rural and Regional Development (KKDW) and Felcra Berhad to provide clarification on the Management of Oil Palm Plantation Procurement by Felcra Berhad after hearing the Auditor General's briefing on the Auditor General's Report 2/2025 held today. PAC chairman Datuk Mas Ermieyati Samsudin said the PAC will also summon the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living (KPDN) to provide clarification on the Management of Price Controls and Cooking Oil Subsidies. In addition, the PAC also asked the Ministry of Finance to hold a briefing on the governance of the Tender Procurement Committee. 'For the PAC proceedings on issues in AG's Report 2/2025, PAC will focus on topics identified as having 3P elements, namely misappropriation, abuse of power and wastage, and 1K, namely leakage. 'The date of the proceedings and briefing for the three related topics will be determined later,' she said in a statement today. Yesterday, the Dewan Rakyat approved the motion on the Auditor General's Report 2/2025 on the Activities of Ministries/Departments/Statutory Bodies/Federal Government Companies, which contains matters raised as a result of the audit of five programmes, activities and projects in seven ministries. The motion tabled by Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said was approved with a majority of votes in agreement after being debated by 32 Members of Parliament. Meanwhile, Mas Ermieyati said the PAC will also present two Ministry Follow-up Action Statements on July 28 and 29 namely the PAC Statement on the Follow-up Action by the Ministry of Home Affairs for the Recommendations of the PAC Statement on the Procurement of the Foreign Workers Centralised Management System (FWCMS) (DR.4/2025). Another statement involved the PAC Statement on the Follow-up Action by the Ministry of Rural and Regional Development, the Sarawak Rural Water Supply Department and the Sabah State Water Department for the Recommendations of the PAC Statement on the Management of the Sarawak and Sabah Rural Water Supply Project (DR.3/2025). — Bernama
Malay Mail
13-07-2025
- Politics
- Malay Mail
Leak of alleged Judicial Appointments Commission meeting minutes online triggers calls for probe
KUALA LUMPUR, July 13 — An alleged excerpt of a Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) meeting minutes from May has been leaked on social media. The excerpts, which appear to have originated on Reddit, are now circulating on Facebook and X. The minutes, which are classified, appear to contain allegations similar to those in a leaked police report lodged on behalf of a senior judge in June. 'Madness! If this document is true...' Public Accounts Committee chief Datuk Mas Ermieyati Samsudin said on Facebook. The police report was made after Malaysiakini contacted the judge on June 12 seeking comment on allegations that the judge was accused of judicial interference during a JAC meeting in May. Mas Ermieyati, who is also the Masjid Tanah MP, said while it is unknown whether the leaked document is real or fake, it carries very serious allegations. 'The government must answer and an investigation must be launched,' she urged. The allegations against the senior judge, as well as concerns about alleged interference in the appointment of judges after Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat retired as chief justice, have sparked outrage. Last week, nine PKR lawmakers led by Datuk Seri Rafizi Ramli called for a royal commission of inquiry as well as the Parliament Special Select Committee on reforms to probe the allegations. Rafizi claimed that a scandal as bad as the VK Lingam judge-fixing episode may be in the making. The Malaysian Bar will be marching on Monday to hand over a memorandum to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim calling for an RCI among other demands. Meanwhile, Anwar will meet with Pakatan Harapan MPs regarding the scandal on Monday as well. The Attorney General's Chambers has downplayed concerns about the judiciary, saying a comparison to the Lingam scandal was unwarranted. It also said that the allegations against the senior judge were just pure speculation about 'procedural irregularities'.
