Source: http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2013/10/05/police-report-against-khazanah-and-ministry/
(By Leven Woon, 5/10/2013)
A police
report has been lodged against Khazanah Nasional and the Youth and Sport
Ministry over alleged misuse of funds.
Opposition
MP Lim Lip Eng lodged a police report today against the government’s investment
arm Khazanah Nasional and Youth and Sport Ministry over alleged misuse of funds
worth RM2.86 million following the Auditor-General’s Report 2012.
Citing the
report, Segambut MP Lim Lip Eng said the directors and executive officials of
Khazanah Nasional who were granted American Express credit cards had not
declared their monthly expenses despite being required to do so.
Some 106
cards with unlimited credit were issued between 2006 and December 2012, and the
total unaccounted expenses had accumulated to a whopping RM1.26 million, the
report said.
Khazanah,
in its reply to the auditor-general, said it would take action to cancel a card
should an individual still failed to settle the previous undeclared expenses
after a given period.
Lim said
such a move was akin to allowing a person who stole at a supermarket to
apologise after getting caught at the car park.
“The staff
should not break the rules by not declaring when they use the card. Now they
cannot explain after being caught.
“Since
Khazanah has to foot the bill, the staff must take responsibility,” he told
reporters after lodging the police report.
On the
second case targeting at the Youth and Sport Ministry, Lim said minister Khairy
Jamaluddin’s statement on the RM1.6 million expenses to hire South Korean
artistes had clashed with that of his predecessor, Ahmad Shabery Cheek.
Khairy had
said the ministry was forced to foot the bill after the sponsors pulled out,
contradicting Ahmad Shabery’s statement that the sponsor’s money would go
through the ministry to the artistes.
“So has the
ministry received the RM1.6 million? Where is the money gone?” he asked.
He urged
the police to investigate the two reports for possible cheating, corruption and
misappropriation of funds.
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news: MP: Probe Khazanah execs’ RM1.26m unpaid Amex bills - http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/mp-probe-khazanah-execs-rm1.26m-unpaid-amex-bills#sthash.gzy6efdf.dpuf
MP
wants cops to probe Khazanah charge card spree - http://m.malaysiakini.com/news/243062
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