KUALA LUMPUR: The Auditor-General's (AG) report on 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) will no longer be classified under the Official Secrets Act 1972 once the Public Accounts Committee tables its report in parliament.
This was confirmed by Auditor-General Tan Sri Ambrin Buang said this when tabling the report at a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting in parliament today.
The matter was reiterated by PAC chairman Datuk Hasan Arifin in a statement following the meeting.
"PAC would like to stress that the audit report on 1MDB is only classified as an official secret until the PAC report on the 1MDB Fund Management (Kawalan Pengurusan Tadbir 1MDB) is tabled in parliament," said Hasan.
He was seeking to clear the following confusion over the status of the report after being tabled in Parliament on Friday.
He said that this was different from the Auditor General's final report that is tabled in parliament every year before it becomes a public document.
"The AG will then table the report to PAC and this committee will choose topics in the report to discuss in detail in proceeding meetings."
"The report is then tabled in parliament as a public document," he added.