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PUTRAJAYA – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today told his cabinet members to take seriously and scrutinise all remarks made in the Auditor-General’s Report 2021 on the expenses, leakages, and matters of non-compliance with conditions and regulations involving their respective ministries.
In a press conference after chairing the cabinet meeting here today, Anwar said the meeting had examined the report but decided not to disclose it to give space to the relevant agencies under the ministries to respond.
“For now, I want the cabinet ministers to seriously look into these remarks so that they are not repeated, because the Auditor-General’s Report always contains recommendations, but the same mistakes are being repeated year after year,” he said.
Anwar said the National Audit Department will announce the report at the time they deem fit and will table it in the next Parliament session.
He said such a report is important as repeated mistakes had been detected, such as a lack of monitoring, allowing leakages, and handing over matters to companies that do not play by the rules. – Bernama, January 18, 2023