[INFOGRAPHIC] A-G Exposes: RM3 Mill For Missing Paintings & More

AUDITOR General Tan Sri Ambrin Buang has admonished Khazanah Nasional Berhad for not exhibiting or storing properly procured paintings valued at RM3.05 million.
Some 55 paintings acquired for that sum, some bought as far back as 2005, had not been
exhibited or stored properly, said the Auditor General’s Report 2012 tabled yesterday in the Dewan Rakyat.

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RM100 Juta Digunakan untuk Jet Peribadi Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak

Putrajaya spends RM28.8 million in annual rental and RM5.5 million to maintain the VVIP government jet ACJ319, the private aircraft used to ferry prime ministers much like the Air Force One in the US.

From 2010, the government has spent RM86.4 million on rental of the private jet and RM16.515 million on maintenance. An additional RM 3.32 million was spent on refurbishing.
Over three years, a total of RM100.47 million was spent on the private jet.

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Since 2008, on top of the private jet spending, an additional RM44.02 million was spent on the Prime Minister’s overseas travels.

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Putrajaya spent RM330,000 to come up with its "Endless Possibilities" campaign and has insisted that the slogan was not copied from other countries, as has been alleged.

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Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim said the amount was for the entire campaign and not just for the slogan alone.

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The controversial Taman Dusun Bandar project in Jalan Bellamy was deemed a failure by the auditor-general. An audit visit on September 27 last year revealed that the park had not been opened to the public despite it being completed by the contractor on April 30, 2010.

The Auditor-General’s Report 2012 revealed the RM17.25 million project undertaken by contractor Zikhtar Associates Sdn Bhd was done through direct negotiations not approved by the Finance Ministry.

Our Federal Government DEBT as of the 2nd Quarter ( 2Q ) of this year 2013 was officially reported at RM519BILLION... up by RM11 Billion from the previous report.

The 2013 Auditor General’s Report brings to the fore shocking and totally unacceptable cases of wastage, suspicious deals, losses and incidents screaming of a scam, mismanagement and absolute indifference to nation, King and rakyat.

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Each year the Auditor General’s Report raises more than eyebrows. Yet, we let all things be, and soon the wastage, mismanagement and lack of accountability is forgiven and forgotten.

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The Youth and Sports Ministry paid up to RM1.6 million to bring in three K-pop artists for the National Youth Day celebrations last year, according to the Auditor-General’s Report 2012.

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A total of RM1.11 million was spent on promotion and publicity for the event, which the auditor-general describes as being too high. Other expenses similarly classified were two separate payments of RM50,000 to 50 bloggers for promotion and publicity.

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The auditor-general also complains about the manner in which the ministry had spent RM42,500 to purchase robot signboards. Another RM48,300 was spent on a 'working visit' to Institut Kemahiran Belia Negara in Jitra, then to Songkhla, Phuket and Krabi in Thailand.

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The Auditor-General’s Department found that the Malaysian Youth Council (MBM) made multiple payments for the same job more than once.

In its 2012 report, it found that the MBM made between 2 and 3 payments for the same job on 6 different occasions, and labelled these "improper payments". The payments varied between RM26,500 and RM41,000, totaling RM430,000.

In response, the Department said it sent a letter to MBM to get back the RM220,900 excess payments paid to M&S Event & Resources (RM186,300) and Khaliff Enterprise (RM34,600).

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The auditor-general has questioned the Health Ministry’s payment of RM320,000 to two companies to enhance its social media presence by developing two Facebook and Twitter accounts.

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Eficaz Media charged RM199,068 for the “Tak Nak” Facebook campaign and Astonish View delivered a combined Facebook and Twitter effort on non-communicable diseases for RM120,500.

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Eficaz Media was appointed for the period of July to Dec 2011 and that full payment was made based on the number of ‘Likes’ recorded on the FB page, set at 100,000. However, by July 2012, the number of ‘Likes’ had diminished by 3.58 percent or 3,460.

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The Health Ministry’s decision to brand smokers as ‘stupid’ in promotional literature cost it RM38,750 after the material was deemed unsuitable for distribution.

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The health ministry had ordered 300 backpacks costing 3,500 notepads each at close to RM 20,000 with the slogan 'Smoking, a stupid habit for stupid people'. But the items never made it into the hands of the citizens as the language was later deemed inappropriate.

The report also notes that 63,000 of the ministry's campaign posters worth more than RM31,200 had spelling mistakes.

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The ministry, in its reply, said it has since appointed an editorial team to check all its campaign materials and that it would also refer to Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka for advice.

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Health Ministry staff filed dubious claims totalling more than double the market price for the tailoring of long sleeve tops and pants, backed by receipts from outlets that did not exist, the Attorney-General (AG) report revealed.

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They also submitted claims in excess of RM200,000 for shoes, RM8,000 to RM9,000 for overcoats and up to RM2,800 for baju kurung. On top of that, since March last year, the ministry's staff were entitled to a RM150 claim for shoes, also by submitting an official receipt.

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The report noted that 922 staff from 10 hospitals, health departments and other health ministry divisions submitted fictitious claims totalling RM545,105 for the tailoring of long sleeve tops and long pants, when the market price is between RM146,340 and RM200,780.

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Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said today that the missing guns highlighted in the just-released federal audit had not fallen into the wrong hands but could have “fallen into the sea”, as he deflected criticisms against the police force for lacking accountability.

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Some RM1.3mil in assets, including firearms, vehicles and handcuffs were lost by police over the last three years, according to the the 2012 Auditor-General’s report presented to Parliament Tuesday.

Between June 2008 and December 2010, the Malaysian police purchased five Beechcraft King Air 350 aircraft for a whopping US$58.25 million (RM175.24 million) for their Air Wing.

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The planes were supposed to facilitate the upgrading of the nation’s air security. Out of the five, only three aircraft have been delivered so far.

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The planes were supposed to facilitate the upgrading of the nation’s air security. However, within less than five years of usage, one of the planes had to be grounded for eight months, while another could not be used between June and November 2012.

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The Home Ministry reported that the planes had to be grounded as a result of lack of financial allocation, as the Police Air Wing would continuously use components from the grounded aircraft as spare parts for other aircraft.

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The Broadcasting Department blew its budget spending RM120,210 on clocks and scanners alone, thus overpaying for these items by thousands of times beyond its actual cost.

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Despite budgeting RM100 per unit for a clock and RM200 per unit for an A4-sized document scanner, the Auditor-General found that the Broadcasting Department spent RM3,810 per unit for “branded” wall clocks and RM14,670 per unit for the scanners.

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The Auditor-General questioned a RM303,813 travel claim by a Communications and Culture Ministry senior officer for a four-day study trip to Geneva, Switzerland, which the auditors felt was worth only RM50,000.

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The report also pointed out that the ministry overpaid for various charges, with the auditor-general’s office unable to verify the claims since no receipts were given.

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The claim was made by the officer as part of the ministry’s Malaysian Emergency Response Services (MERS) 999 project by Telekom Malaysia (TM).

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TM was paid RM6.7 million for media publicity and school programmes to educate children about the MERS 999 system. The only problem was that the programme was cancelled in October 2008 but TM still charged the ministry for it.

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The RM73 million Malacca Customs and Immigration Quarantine Complex (CIQ) was illegally built on private land which eventually cost the Malacca state government RM10.8 million, according to the Auditor-General’s Report 2012.

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There was a legal tussle between the land owner and the Malaccan government. The project was halted, restarted, terminated and restarted again.

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By the time the project was restarted, with a new contractor appointed on July 28, 2010, the cost had skyrocketed by over RM40 million to RM73 million. Up to May 2012, a total of RM71.13 million had been spent on the project.

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The latest Auditor-General’s report has given a kick in the shins to the Customs Department for destroying 7,659 pairs of new footwear – because the shoes did not fit.

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In another case involving the Customs Department, the report stated that RM602,089 worth of shoes bought for its staff were destroyed because of wrong specification.

Prices of goods may differ from one place to another, but when it comes to a DVR16 close circuit television system (CCTV), the Auditor-General’s 2012 Report finds the price difference between two places too big to swallow.

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According to the report, a unit of the DVR 16 CCTV purchased by the Gerik Community College in Perak cost more than eight times what its counterpart paid for in Masjid Tanah, Malacca.

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One unit in Gerik cost RM85,500 the one in Masjid Tanah cost RM10,249.
The CCTVs were installed as part of a bigger project to upgrade 15 community colleges throughout Malaysia, costing a total of RM50.17 million.

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Maintenance was also an issue, the report says, with one CCTV unable to capture images clearly as it was covered with bird droppings, while another had stopped recording because its disc was full.

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Based on the Auditor General’s Report 2012, the Registrar of Societies (ROS) eRoses system was a waste as the system was not yet up and running despite the ROS having paid RM121,090 for it.

RM121,090 went down the drain although the system was only 30 per cent completed. RoS had a signed a RM850,000 contract with the contractor, Scot Technology (M) Sdn Bhd, to set up the system on Dec 31, 2008.

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The contract expired on June 30, 2009. The Home Ministry terminated the contract after the contracter failed to complete the work on time on Oct 29, 2009.

The National Solid Wastes Management Department (JPSPN) spent RM199 million on incinerators over the last four years, and then found there was no expertise to operate such machines in Malaysia.

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And even after completion, the Auditor-General's 2012 Report says, three of the incinerators were not operated for 223 to 642 days, all because of the lack of expertise. A fifth incinerator planned for Labuan was scrapped.

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Meanwhile, garbage piled up outside the incinerators. The Pahang government alone spent nearly RM1 million last year to clean up the mess the old way, the report said.

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The Auditor-General Report today stated that Syarikat Prasarana Negara, an infrastructure company which had the highest recorded deficit of RM763 million among the group, gave its employees between one-and-a-half and two months bonus each.

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Amanah Raya gave a RM1,000 bonus to each employee despite recording a RM707 million loss. Jambatan Kedua gave one month’s bonus despite its RM42 million loss. IWK distributed one-and-a-half months to two months bonus despite a RM98 million loss and Cyberview gave out two-and-a-half months bonus although it made a RM254 million deficit.

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The report also found that MIMOS, the country’s research centre, was the most generous of the group, by giving out between two and three months bonus to its employees, despite making a RM4.6 million loss in 2011.

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Meanwhile, employees of KTM received the least, with the railway operator distributing ex-gratia payments of a half-month’s salary or a minimum of RM500 in the same year. The company made losses of RM103 million.

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Dead people were receiving welfare aid in Sabah, Kelantan and Negeri Sembilan. This is yet another finding in the 2012 Auditor-General’s Report, which highlighted spectacular failures by government departments when it was submitted to Parliament yesterday.

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Under standard operating procedures, officers assigned to a recipient have to make house visits if payment has not been collected for three months.
If a recipient is found to have moved or died, the name has to be removed from the list immediately.

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But in Semporna and Sandakan in the Borneo state of Sabah, payments of between RM150 and RM450 in general welfare aid were still being made to 12 dead people, although their deaths had been recorded in the recipients’ list.

Payments were also made to 154 individuals on whom the department had no information on its database.

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The Inland Revenue Board (IRB) wasted more than RM9 million in various costs during the relocation of its processing centre from Pandan Indah to Bangi, revealed the 2012 Auditor-General Report.

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Besides spending RM4.7 million in rental costs, the IRB spent an additional RM505,600 from October 2011 to February 2013 on utility bills and for hiring security firms.

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The report found that the IRB paid RM529,733 in consultancy fees to four firms, and described the payments as wasteful because the reports issued by these firms could not be used.

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An additional RM3.27 million was incurred in the course of eight Job Change Orders which had not been approved by the Economic Planning Unit.

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The 2012 Auditor-General’s Report has revealed severe mishandling of RM2.051 billion with regard to hiring security contractors for schools between 2010 and 2012.

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From poorly prepared contracts to hiring of septuagenarians as security guards, the auditor-general said the management of security services in 35 schools and hostels surveyed was generally unsatisfactory.

Nineteen of the 35 facilities visited by the audit team did not have anyone guarding the entrances and people were seen entering and exiting freely.

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