'Careless' officer let off the hook in overpaying dam firm case

comments     Kow Gah Chie     Published     Updated

PARLIAMENT The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has identified negligence as the cause of improper payment of RM526,000 of public fund made to a consultant for the RM348 million Paya Peda Dam project in Besut, Terengganu.

The “careless” Agriculture and Agro-Based Ministry officer was let off the hook with a warning, while the consultancy firm Jurukur Jitu Runding, which received the overpaid amount, had repaid it in September 2014.

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