Guan Eng orders Finance Ministry probe into Bernama's financial woes


KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said on Saturday (Aug 10) that he has instructed the ministry to investigate a claim that the Malaysian National News Agency (Bernama) had used contributions meant for the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) to pay the July salary of its staff.

He said the probe is necessary to determine who should assume responsibility for this serious situation and also for restricting the payment of the EPF contributions so that appropriate action can be taken.

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