Datuk Shahrir Samad is such a well-known face that everywhere he goes,people wave to him like old friends or they come up and shake his hand.Perfect strangers approach him to tell him they like his outspoken styleand to keep it up. The Johor Baru MP's open and upright approach is quiteevident in his role as chairman of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee(PAC). He shares with Sunday Star how the PAC ensures public funds arewell managed and how it walks the talk.
Q: The PAC made an interesting suggestion about the need for a Cabinet committee to oversee privatised companies and projects that manage massive amounts of public funds. Can you elaborate?
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