COMMENT Malfeasance is the word to describe a wrongdoing that violates public trust.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has an important role to investigate and unravel the truths behind such a wrongdoing.

Its job is not to whitewash a public scandal or a case where fraud is suspected, especially in the magnitude of 1Malaysia Development Bhd’s (1MDB) billions of ringgit that have allegedly gone missing.