{
  "id": 11443255,
  "title": "PSM calls for formal system to ensure action on audit findings",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/psm-calls-for-formal-system-to-ensure-action-on-audit-findings",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T12:50:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/10/02/psm-calls-for-formal-system-to-ensure-action-on-audit-findings"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "KUALA LUMPUR: The Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) has called for a formal system to be established to ensure that investigations are conducted and action taken on wastage and leakages highlighted in the auditor-general's reports. Chairman Dr Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj emphasized that the auditor-general's report provides numerous examples of such instances, yet the subsequent silence is troubling. During a press conference, Jeyakumar advocated for strengthening the auditor-general's office by bolstering its manpower to effectively scrutinize government spending wastage. The PSM proposal for the 2027 budget questioned the necessity of government agencies investigating potential power abuses mentioned in auditor-general reports and the need for public reporting on the outcomes of these investigations. The 2026 Auditor-General's Report Series 1 identified 273 issues related to financial management and governance at federal and state levels, including irregularities like the unauthorized collection of RM50.74 million in student fees by a cooperative at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. PSM's other suggestions encompass lowering the cost of the My50 public transport pass, boosting funds for apartment maintenance, easing tertiary education expenses for low-income groups, creating a child poverty database, enhancing nutritional support for children, imposing stricter conditions and taxes on data centers, and allocating RM1 billion for a joint project with Indonesia to combat transboundary haze.",
  "summary": "PSM chairman Dr Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj says procedures should be introduced to ensure findings are investigated, acted on and reported.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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