FINANCE Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz and Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin provided their statements in the MySejahtera application development and procurement proceedings to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) today.

PAC chairman Wong Kah Woh said also present in the three-hour proceedings, which began at 10am, were Treasury secretary-general Asri Hamidon and Health Ministry (MOH) secretary-general Harjeet Singh a/l Hardeev Singh as well as senior officials from the Finance Ministry (MOF) and MOH.

“These proceedings were held using the PAC’s source of authority under standing orders 77(1)(d) and 77(5) of the Dewan Rakyat and Section III, Article 11(b), General Circular no. 2 (1982),” he said in a statement.

He said during the proceedings, the PAC’s focus was on the awarding of the MySejahtera app development contract to KPI Soft Sdn Bhd in April 2020 and the awarding of a contract through direct negotiation to MySJ Sdn Bhd by the government last November and the status of government’s negotiations with the company.

The PAC also focused on the ownership of MySejahtera app, including its modules, source code, intellectual property and databases.

In addition, the government’s commitment to protecting people’s personal data in the MySejahtera app as well as the legal dispute among entities involved in the app was also touched on in the proceedings.

“The PAC is of the opinion that it is necessary to call other witnesses to give further evidence in the proceedings,” said Wong.

“The PAC will call three agencies under the Prime Minister’s Department, namely the National Security Council, the Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit and the National Cyber Security Agency on April 21 to provide statements and clarification on this matter.” – Bernama, April 14, 2022.