{
  "id": 12106126,
  "title": "RM68.81m in contractor advance payments still unrecovered, Audit Dept finds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/rm68-81m-in-contractor-advance-payments-still-unrecovered-audit-dept-12106126",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-05T05:59:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Malay Mail",
    "slug": "malay-mail-malaymail",
    "url": "https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2026/10/05/rm6881m-in-contractor-advance-payments-still-unrecovered-audit-dept-finds/237771"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In an audit report released on October 5, the Auditor-General's Report (LKAN) 2/2026 found that RM68.81 million in contractor advance payments (WPK) for 24 projects across five ministries remains unrecovered. The Ministry of Education, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Transport and Ministry of Works were the ministries involved. Eighty-six point seven per cent of the outstanding amount had been so for over a decade. Most of the outstanding WPK belonged to companies that had either dissolved or been wound up.",
  "summary": "KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 — A total of RM68.81 million in contractor advance payments (WPK) involving 24 projects...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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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."
}