Bestinet probe: PAC chief says 'Datuk Amin' not among witnesses

PARLIAMENT | Bestinet president Aminul Islam Abdul Nor was not among the witnesses called to testify during four Public Accounts Committee (PAC) proceedings of audit findings on the company’s Foreign Workers Centralised Management System (FWCMS).

Aminul, better known as “Datuk Amin”, was the founder of Bestinet but has in the past years divested his shareholdings.

“We did not summon Aminul as part of our investigation,” PAC chairperson Mas Ermieyati Samsudin told reporters today.

“I was made to understand he is no longer with the company,” she said.

Mas Ermieyati was responding to reporters who asked if Aminul, who was linked to several past investigations related to migrant worker recruitment, is among those questioned.

She, however, declined to reveal further information when asked whether the PAC also looked into details from past investigations that implicated Bestinet.

“We were informed (about the investigations) but that information is confidential and cannot be shared,” she said.

Others questioned were government officials from the Home Ministry and Human Resources Ministry.

The PAC report released today listed Bestinet group chief executive officer Ismail Mohd Noor as among company officials questioned over various discrepancies surrounding the use of the system.

In July last year, Bestinet announced that Pahang crown prince Tengku Abdul Rahman Sultan Ahmad Shah had assumed the position of company director, taking over from Aminul who resigned as chairperson and company director after relinquishing all his shares.

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