MCA seeks MACC probe on Yayasan Selangor
The state-owned foundation is under fire for spending millions renovating a camp that the Nasional Service Training Department will not use.
(Free Malaysia Today) – MCA today accused Yayasan Selangor of “wanton” spending and urged the state government to get the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to investigate it for financial mismanagement.
It also called for an audit to determine why the state-owned foundation had spent millions of ringgit to renovate a National Service (NS) camp despite failing to get a licence to operate it.
Selangor MCA liaison secretary Wong Koon Mun made these demands in a media statement that referred to a recent news report about the foundation upgrading the Ampang Pecah NS camp only to find out that the National Service Training Department was not renewing its licence. The report said the foundation spent RM4.04 on the upgrading.
It is not clear why the contract has not been renewed.
“Sadly, there were no attempts by the state government to monitor the foundation, resulting with the former overlooking the latter’s wanton expenditure,” Wong said.
Wong, who is the state assemblyman for Kuala Kubu Baru, said Yayasan Selangor should have known that it would take time to renew a licence and should have checked on its NS contract status before spending so much money on the renovation.
“The lackadaisical attitude of the foundation’s management reflects on how they treat public funds without any form of responsibility,” he said. “This is definitely abuse of power.”
