A new date has yet to be fixed for the the two top 1MDB personalities to appear before Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to give their version of the whereabouts of the billions of ringgit allegedly lost by the debt-ridden GLC.

PAC deputy chairperson Dr Tan Seng Giaw ( photo, red tie ) said following the failure of both 1MDB president and group executive director Arul Kanda and former CEO Shahrol Ibrahim Halmi to testify on May 26, PAC had sought the assistance of the Finance Ministry again.

"We urge the ministry which wholly owns 1MDB to advise the duo as to appear before the committee as soon as possible," he told Malaysiakini today.

"The ministry has yet to come back to us with a new date (for when the duo will be available)," he said.

Arul and Shahrol had skipped their appointments with the PAC last week claiming the Finance mMnistry had only notified them of the matter on May 21.

PAC then received a reply from Arul seeking a 30-day extension on May 22 on the grounds that he and Shahrol had prior commitments abroad and needed time to prepare the necessary documents for the PAC hearing.

Audit firms too

PAC chairman Nur Jazlan said the committee had sent out its summons for the duo to the Finance Ministry on May 6.

Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak then had to step in and assured the PAC that both Arul and Shahrol will appear before it.

"The officials will appear before the PAC, they are not running away," he said last Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the PAC said international audit firms Deloitte and KPMG will be called before it on June 10 and June 17 respectively.

Deloitte is under fire after giving 1MDB a clean bill of health on Nov 3, 2014 after allgedly  'missing'  the company's financial distress issues.

KPMG was the auditor of 1MDB for the financial years 2010 to 2013 during the period of  1MDB's first investment project with Petrosaudi International and the subsequent investment of funds in the Cayman Islands.