PAC to summon HR Ministry over HRD Corp independent audit findings
Latifah Arifin
KUALA LUMPUR: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will summon the Human Resources Ministry in the upcoming Parliament sitting to obtain feedback on the findings from an independent audit of the Human Resource Development Corporation (HRD Corp).
PAC chairman Datuk Mas Ermieyati Samsudin said there had yet to be a meeting held for this purpose.
"The Human Resources Ministry has not come to meet with the PAC for us to follow up. Perhaps they will be called in the second week of this Parliament session to respond regarding the follow-up actions taken by them.
"We expect the findings of the independent audit to be presented to the Dewan Rakyat in the third or fourth week of the session," she told Berita Harian today.
In July, Mas Ermieyati said the PAC wanted the Human Resources Ministry to present the findings and outcomes of the independent audit of HRD Corp to the committee.
She previously said the ministry and HRD Corp would be called back for follow-up proceedings in September, which was three months after they were given time to review all the recommendations submitted by the PAC.
On July 10, the ministry announced that it would appoint a third-party professional auditor to conduct an independent audit on HRD Corp.
Its minister Steven Sim had said this action was taken to ensure transparency in the process.
Previously, the investments made by HRD Corp had come under scrutiny after the PAC revealed that a sum of RM3.77 billion in levy collections was used for the purpose.
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HRD Corp is responsible for administering the human resources development fund and collecting a levy for promoting the training and development of employees, apprentices and trainees.
According to the PAC, HRD Corp was not an investment institution and such activities could be dangerous and put HRD Corp at risk of huge losses.