LPQB accounts to be audited for first time since 2007, Dewan Rakyat told

KUALA LUMPUR: The Prime Minister's Department has taken action to have the accounts of the Legal Profession Qualifying Board (LPQB) audited after it was last done 17 years ago, says M. Kulasegaran. The Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) revealed that the government had taken note of LPQB’s lack of transparency. The...

MACC summons 10 individuals in HRD Corp audit investigation

PUTRAJAYA: Graft investigators have summoned 10 individuals for their statements in connection with their investigation into the Human Resource Development Corporation (HRD Corp) audit report. Bernama reported on Thursday (July 11) that the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission's (MACC) senior director of investigation, Datuk Seri Hishamuddin Hashim, said the people called were staff of the corporation and the...

Seven dams in four states classified as high-risk

CYBERJAYA: Seven dams in Melaka, Kedah, Penang and Johor have been classified as high-risk in a report on how worsening climate change can affect public water supply, says National Water Services Commission (SPAN) chairman Charles Santiago. According to Santiago, these were the Pedu and Muda dams in Kedah; the Asahan, Jus and Durian Tunggal dams in...