KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Dr Maszlee Malik says he is leaving to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to probe into the loss of milk, worth millions of ringgit, under the 1Malaysia Milk Programme (PS1M) during the previous administration.
“We leave to the MACC to make any comments. I do not want to interrupt any investigation,” the Education Minister said when met by reporters at the Parliament lobby on Monday (Nov 19).
The National Union of the Teaching Profession (NUTP) had recently queried on the status of the programme, saying that the milk was not distributed to schools since January despite being allocated under Budget 2018.
The school milk programme was first introduced in 1983.
Dr Maszlee said the ministry would ensure the procurement process for PS1M would be conducted through open tender in future.
“There'll be no more direct negotiation and we will ensure no santan (coconut milk) factory will be given the contract to supply milk,” he added.
On the ban for Opposition MPs to visit schools, he said it was to prevent them from spreading hate politics to students.
“When the government MPs go to schools, they go to explain government policies, but for the Opposition (MPs), we need them to make an application first, so we want to give them conditions and prerequisite...we don't want people to spread lies and hatred in school,” he added. - Bernama
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