PN-led Malacca gov't reinstates two GLC officers sacked for abuse of power

The Perikatan Nasional-led Malacca government has reinstated two senior officers, who had been terminated from their posts in a state government-linked company (GLC), over the abuse of power.

Issue

Abuse of Power for Company Transactions and Contracts at MICTH: Melaka ICT Holdings Sdn Bhd (MICTH) a Melaka State owned government, in audit by National Auditor General for 2019, found found RM1.3 million in payment vouchers were made without approval or exceeding the officers' powers and one of the senior officers issued appointment letters to seven contractors without the board's approval

Directly implicated parties

Indirectly implicated parties

Melaka ICT Holdings Sdn Bhd: Melaka State Government owned IT company

Implicated parties through circumstantance

Sazali Muhd Din: Sazali Muhd Din is a Malaysian politician and former Paya Rumput Melaka State Representative

Sulaiman Md Ali: Datuk Sulaiman bin Md Ali is a Malaysian politician who is the incumbent Member of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly for Lendu. A member of the United Malays National Organisation, he was appointed the new Chief Minister of Malacca on 9 March 2020.

Disclosing Parties

National Audit Department: The National Audit Department is an independent government agency in Malaysia that is responsible for carrying out the audits on the accounts of Federal Government, State Government and Federal Statutory Bodies as well as the activities of the Ministry/Department/Agency and Companies under the Federal and State Government.

Source

Link

Ng Xiang Yi, Malaysiakini, (30 May, 2020). PN-led Malacca gov't reinstates two GLC officers sacked for abuse of power. Retrieved 30 May, 2020, from https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/527866

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Sources told Malaysiakini that both senior officers were involved in the abuse of power involving company transactions and appointment of contractors.

The issues were also highlighted by the National Audit Department, in which a 2019 audit on MICTH found RM1.3 million in payment vouchers were made without approval or exceeding the officers' powers.

The audit further found that one of the senior officers issued appointment letters to seven contractors without the board's approval, even though the then Pakatan Harapan-led Malacca government had instructed for the appointments to be suspended.