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Ex-deputy speaker says he was unofficially informed by minister Liew Vui Keong last Thursday.

'If we are taking about refomasi, why should we be afraid to appoint an opposition member?'
 

He says his role as opposition leader is not an autocratic one.

PARLIAMENT | Harapan manifesto promised opposition leader would be made PAC chair, adds minister. 

MP SPEAKS | This charade cannot go on, especially after KPMG's shocking revelation 1MDB's accounts cannot be relied on.

Abd Aziz Sheikh Fadzir accuses 1MDB board members of misleading the Public Accounts Committee.

Zahid replies that police are waiting for further instructions from the AG Chambers.

UPDATED 5.06PM | 'If they want to investigate again there is no procedure that can stop them.'

COMMENT | Clear distinction between 1MDB debts and the BMSB/TRXC project company operating debt.

The panel wants the Public Services Commission to investigate the 1Azam programme.

Hasan Arifin says the ministry should take a more decisive action to ensure that procedures were followed.

The report is based on proceedings held in 2015 when Pulai MP Nur Jazlan was still the PAC chief.

The PAC member says he had a better attendance record than most, until Hasan took over.

UPDATED 6.10PM | PAC chief insists the committee had already probed 1MDB thoroughly.

Prof Aziz Bari says in fact, the report should go straight to the Agong, not the PM's Office.

In a follow-up expose, it publishes another letter, purportedly from the authority to the PAC.