your say 'What happened to all the past critical AG's reports? I doubt anyone was ever held liable for such abuse.'

'Sandwich kosong' for school kids, sardines missing

Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia: This is unbelievably outrageous - and in a country where the outrageous has become the norm. Is there no end to the corruption and depravity in Malaysia?

These cronies are literally taking the food out of our children's mouths to feed their own greed. The culture of corruption has been institutionalised at every level by Umno-BN and will never change as long as they are allowed to remain in power.

Despite this damning report from the auditor-general (only one of many), few if any clear-minded Malaysians expect any real action to be taken by Umno-BN against their cronies.

Sarajun Hoda: All these irregularities could be the result of the Official Secrets Act - rots in spending are hidden to protect thieves. The sardines may have had to be sold to raise money for mansions.

I congratulate the auditor-general for a job well done. The rot in the BN government could be many, many times more if proper checks are not done to all supplies to the federal government and its agencies.

I call upon PM Najib Razak to open up the information on all these suppliers (all over the country) and their costing so that people can check them at all times. It is time for a Freedom of Information Act.

Tok Janggut: Well done, auditor-general, for reporting these findings. What's next? Get someone to investigate. Later, no case will be found. Or if there is a case, the government cannot prosecute because the case is too big. Or it might take 20 years to investigate.

AG, stop reporting if you don't intend to do anything about it. It will only anger the public.

VS-1965: The poor AG comes out with the report, and the press create a media hype for a couple of days, then things go back to ‘normal'. What happened to all the past critical AG's reports? I doubt anyone was ever held liable for such abuse. BN will continue with business as usual.

Correct: Good work, Mr Auditor-General. It looks like the headmasters/headmistresses have had their palms greased to close one eye on the activities of the contractors.

End result: This is the end result of corruption and lack of enforcement by parties entrusted with responsibilities to safeguard the public interest. The whole system is so corrupt that you can't imagine the burden on those who will be tasked with reform should an alternative government be elected in the next general elections.

By Election Fan: Who wins in all government tenders? Has any of these perpetrators been sued for such misconducts over these years? The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) closes one eye, the police do nothing, BN lawmakers/lawbreakers keep mum to cover their cronies.

These people are so evil they rob even the hardcore poor of the decent food they are supposed to get. This auditor-general's report is just in time for the coming two by-elections. Let the people decide how good BN are at exploiting the hardcore poor.

Good men: Can this BN government change? A leopard is more likely to change its spots. What does it take for the auditor-general to 'discover' something like this happening in our schools? What were the principals doing? The teachers?

Poor kids. The politicians are flying around first class, eating in five-star hotels, living in mansions acres in size, chauffeured around in the latest Range Rovers, and our kids are given ‘roti kosong').

1Malaysia: Our system is rotting. Contracts are given to cronies without tenders. They definitely charge high prices but they still cheat to maximise their profits. Again, the poor rakyat suffer. Enough is enough. Crony capitalism must stop. Vote against crony capitalism.

Wira: Of all the top government officials who are protected by the constitution against their removal except through an impeachment called by the king, successive auditor-generals are the ones who are true to their honour and worthy of this high office. I salute all of them.

Million-ringgit scanner stuck in KLIA, under-utilisation woes

Cicakman: This is not surprising and is typical of the Malaysian mentality. We have the (rakyat's) money to spend on all these wonderful equipment and services, but nine out of 10 times, the management is poor. Lack of training, unskilled staff, no thinking through the maintenance contracts, and so these items become white elephants.

Remember the RM500,000 public toilets in Bukit Bintang? I wonder how many people have used them. Are they still in operation?

Anonymous: What is the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) comprising BN and Pakatan parliamentarians doing?

Just call up the respective department heads to provide fully-documented explanations (not excuses) in person to the committee on preset dates. Get ministers to do the same. All findings by the PAC must be made public, including the disciplinary actions recommended and taken (no slap on the wrist and no behind-closed-door action).

Incomplete loan forms piling up, PTPTN in RM46b deficit

By Election Fan: What say you, Government Transformation Plan? From bad to worse and everything under your nose, Najib Razak. Our nation is failing due to BN and corruption. There is no hope unless BN is booted out from Putrajaya. But as Najib said, Umno "shall defend Putrajaya at all cost".

Jimmy Ng: Totally mind-boggling. The numbers speak for themselves - this is another classic example of sheer inefficiency and gross negligence and mismanagement of public/taxpayers' funds. There should be a royal commission of inquiry for this disastrous state of affairs.

I shudder to think what is going to happen next. Judging from the poor track record of repayments from a certain category of borrowers, no wonder we have droves of people losing confidence in keeping their retirement funds in EPF and choose to invest elsewhere.

And yet, there are still persistent denials from certain quarters regarding capital flight from this nation.

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