Government Procurement Bill 2025 enhances transparency, accountability, says Sim


KUALA LUMPUR: The newly tabled Government Procurement Bill 2025 will mark a shift towards curbing corruption, cartels and abuse of power in government tenders, says a government backbencher.

Sim Tze Tzin (PH-Bayan Baru), who sits on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), said past scandals, such as 1MDB and JanaWibawa, were prime evidence of the systemic rot that was entrenched in the procurement process at all levels of government.

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