KUALA LUMPUR: Domestic investments, airport management, and healthcare insurance are under the scope of the Public Accounts Committee’s five key cases next year.
Its hairman Datuk Mas Ermieyati Samsudin said the proceedings, running from Feb 3 to March 6 next year, would include questioning sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional on its domestic investments, including FashionValet’s headline-making slew of losses.
Other cases include the Finance Ministry’s management of airports through Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB) and looking into the ecosystem surrounding rising insurance healthcare and private treatment costs, she said in a press conference on Thursday (Dec 12).
Mas Ermieyati added that the committee would be examining private healthcare services, their control mechanisms, legal frameworks and insurance payment as well as the impacts of rising healthcare costs.
The case would also involve questioning Bank Negara Malaysia, the Health Ministry and the Finance Ministry.
“The other two proceedings are a land development project under Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) under Federal Territories and the procurement of electric trains on a 30-year lease worth RM10.7bil under the Transport and Economy ministries as well as Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB),” she said.
Mas Ermieyati said the committee plans to table six reports when the House convenes its first meeting next year.
This includes 1MDB debt guarantee commitments; the implementation of the Multi-Lane Free Flow (MLFF) project; Foreign Workers Centralised Management System (FWCMS) project; the country’s water management; management of padi planting programmes; as well as the rural water supply project in Sabah and Sarawak.
Three follow-up proceeding reports on the National Professors Council, Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera and management of Mara Inc will also be tabled.
On the last day of the Dewan Rakyat meeting for 2024, Mas Ermieyati said the committee had 148 meetings this year and tabled 22 reports to the Dewan Rakyat, compared to 64 meetings and 13 reports in 2023.
