DAP’s veteran MP for Kepong, Dr Tan Seng Giaw, has been appointed deputy chairman of the Public Account Committee – the first time an opposition MP has held the post.
The move is seen as a “reprieve” for opposition leader Lim Kit Siang’s earlier proposal to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to allow the opposition to head the committee, which was turned down.
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