RM15 million in contracts approved without board's knowledge at Malacca university

Kamles Kumar Kamles Kumar Updated 7 years ago · Published on 6 Aug 2018 4:07PM · 3 Comments

Among other irregularities the report found were 10 contracts worth RM4.81 million that did not go through the evaluation department. – UTeM pic, August 6, 2018.

NINETEEN contracts worth RM14.85 million were approved by Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka’s (UTeM) vice-chancellor and treasurer without the approval of the university’s board, the 2017 Auditor-General’s Report said.

The audit, undertaken from June to August last year, found that the vice-chancellor approved contracts worth RM6.81 million and the treasurer another RM8.04 million without the board’s knowledge. 

When contacted by the audit department, UTeM said the approval for the vice-chancellor and treasurer to approve contracts was only given on May 14 this year. 

Among other irregularities the report found were 10 contracts worth RM4.81 million that did not go through the evaluation department. 

There were also five projects on a four-month contract basis worth RM1.93 million in which the contract periods were not specified. 

“The orders and job scopes were only stated via the forms to the contractor,” the report said. 

Three projects worth RM2.92 million were also found to have not been completed on time and one was abandoned completely. 

Among recommendations suggested were having UTeM’s internal audit department playing a bigger role in managing contracts and for the university’s board of advisers to be more hands-on regarding the university’s development. – August 6, 2018.

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  • What was Najib doing allowing this kind of thing to happen under his watch as PM? Was it a free-for-all?..

    Posted 7 years ago by MELVILLE JAYATHISSA · Reply

  • TANGKAP!

    Posted 7 years ago by Belah Belah · Reply

  • Clear cut the two of them co-hoot in this scam and its irony that seeking of approval was only made May 14 which simply means they are others involved else this two rascals won't move. With one project didn't even complete is really really bad - haul them to court for justice to be served. Its the RAKYAT money that you are playing with and this is what happens when the country top leadership main objective is to stay in power where they don't have the real touch of managing a country.

    Posted 7 years ago by Teruna Kelana · Reply