e-Jamin bail system operated five years without formal contract, says PAC

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has called on the judiciary to develop its own bail payment system, in order to ensure full government ownership of the data. The committee found that Dapat Vista (M) Sdn Bhd, which operated e-Jamin at 192 courts nationwide from January 2020, did so without a formal government contract for five years.

This period of financial non-compliance is described as excessively long by PAC chairman Mas Ermieyati Samsudin. The PAC also discovered that bail money collected through e-Jamin was deposited into Dapat Vista's commercial account instead of the Consolidated Trust Account, which breaches Article 97(1) of the Federal Constitution and Section 7 of the Financial Procedure Act 1957.

Additionally, the committee identified an unverified discrepancy of RM557,258 between e-Jamin’s records and the company's bank statements. The PAC has recommended the government to finalise a formal agreement with Dapat Vista, define what constitutes public money, and manage bail funds in accordance with existing financial laws.

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