{
  "id": 12072072,
  "title": "Audit Dept flags continued delays, RM514m in unauthorised variation orders on Sabah Pan Borneo Highway",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/audit-dept-flags-continued-delays-rm514m-in-unauthorised-variation-12072072",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-05T04:15:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Malay Mail",
    "slug": "malay-mail-malaymail",
    "url": "https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2026/10/05/audit-dept-flags-continued-delays-rm514m-in-unauthorised-variation-orders-on-sabah-pan-borneo-highway/237748"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The National Audit Department (JAN) has flagged continued delays and RM514 million in unauthorised variation orders on the Sabah Pan Borneo Highway project. As of March 31, 2026, only 11.4% of the 35 work packages comprising the 706-kilometre project had been completed, with the remaining 88.6% still under implementation. The audit revealed weaknesses in contract management and governance, including approvals of variation orders exceeding authorized limits totalling RM513.99 million.",
  "summary": "KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 — A total of 10 work packages for the Sarawak Pan Borneo Highway (LPB) project have been fully...",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Bernama",
        "title": "General : Audit Report Flags Weaknesses In Pan Borneo Highway, Flood Mitigation Projects",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/general-audit-report-flags-weaknesses-in-pan-borneo-highway-flood",
        "published": "2026-10-05T03:02:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "A-G flags weak execution, violations in Pan Borneo Highway project in Sabah",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/a-g-flags-weak-execution-violations-in-pan-borneo-highway-project-in",
        "published": "2026-10-05T03:32:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "AG Report: 88pc of Sabah Pan Borneo Highway incomplete after 11 years",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/ag-report-88pc-of-sabah-pan-borneo-highway-incomplete-after-11-years",
        "published": "2026-10-05T04:13:21.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Audit Dept flags continued delays, RM514m in unauthorised variation orders on Sabah Pan Borneo Highway",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/audit-dept-flags-continued-delays-rm514m-in-unauthorised-variation",
        "published": "2026-10-05T04:15:44.000Z"
      }
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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."
}