Being transparent: Khairul Dzaimee speaking at a press conference after submitting the audit report in Putrajaya. — Bernama
PUTRAJAYA: The Human Resources Ministry has submitted the audit report on the Human Resource Development Corporation (HRD Corp) to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), says Datuk Seri Khairul Dzaimee Daud.
The ministry’s secretary-general said the report was submitted at the MACC’s headquarters here yesterday following the Auditor-General and Public Accounts Committee’s reports, which were tabled in Parliament on Thursday.
“The report was submitted on the instructions of the Human Resources Minister (Steven Sim),” he said at a press conference that was also attended by HRD Corp chief executive Datuk Shahul Hameed Dawood here.
He added that no HRD Corp officers have been suspended pending investigations.
Khairul Dzaimee said the MACC has assured all parties that a thorough and professional investigation would be conducted.
Sim had ordered Khairul Dzaimee and Shahul to report the findings of the reports to the MACC in line with the recommendations of the Auditor-General.
Suspicious real estate deals and high-risk investments were some of the issues identified by the PAC in its report on HRD Corp.
One such deal was the purchase of Menara Ikhlas for RM202.5mil in February 2021 where a deposit of RM120mil was paid upfront to a company called Crystal Clear Technology.
In a statement on Thursday, HRD Corp chairman Datuk Abu Huraira Abu Yazid had acknowledged the shortcomings found in the audit reports, adding that the training fund had implemented several improvements, which helped increase levy collection over the years.
The statement, however, did not address findings that HRD Corp had invested levy collected from employers on several high-risk investments despite the training fund not being an investment institution.
