PETALING JAYA: More than RM1mil in research funds was wasted on developing a Covid-19 screening and monitoring tool in 2022, which was later shelved due to copyright ownership issues, the Auditor-General’s Report (AG’s Report) revealed.
It was also mentioned that 19 prototypes of the screening tool, which was unilaterally registered under the team research leader’s name, had gone missing and a police report was lodged in October last year.
