Only 4 members turn up for PAC meeting
Published on: Wednesday, August 05, 2015
Kuala Lumpur: Public Accounts Committee Vice-Chairman Dr Tan Seng Giaw called a meeting of the PAC Tuesday but only he and three of the nine existing members turned up. All those who came for the meeting were opposition MPs, namely Dr Tan (DAP-Kepong) himself, William Leong Jee Ken (PKR-Selayang), Datuk Kamarudin Jaafar (PAS-Tumpat) and Tony Pua Kiam Kee (DAP-Petaling Jaya Utara). Dr Tan told reporters Tuesday he proposed that an interim report be released to inform the public how far the PAC probe into 1Malaysia Development Berhad had gone.
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"It can contain information that is permitted in accordance with legal provisions from the start of the investigation until it was postponed for almost three months," he said at the lobby of the Parliament temporary building here.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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Meanwhile, PAC member Datuk Liang Teck Meng (Gerakan-Simpang Renggam) said the PAC could not hold a meeting without the presence of its chairman.He said Dr Tan and the other opposition MPs would have to abide by the postponement and wait for the appointment of a new chairman, probably at the next sitting of the Dewan Rakyat.