THE Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has concluded its probe into the Automated Enforcement System (AES) as “no further action”, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said today.

In a written parliamentary reply, he said the MACC had looked into governance issues, including the weaknesses with the system’s procedures.

“An advisory letter containing two recommendations to improve the AES system was delivered to the Transport Ministry secretary-general on July 29,” Wan Junaidi said, in response to Mahfuz Omar (Pokok Sena-PH) who wanted to know what action had been taken against parties allegedly involved in misconduct.

It was previously reported that the PAC had decided to investigate AES, as well as the Defence Ministry’s land swap deals and the 1BestariNet project, after being briefed by the governance, procurement and finance investigation committee.

The committee had previously produced a report on AES in 2019, after the project came under scrutiny for its automated speed cameras. 

Last year, the PAC found that the privatisation of AES was unjustified and led to a government bailout through the Armed Forces Fund Board (LTAT) of two concessionaires totalling RM555 million when the original investment was only RM40 million.  

Concessionaires ATES Sdn Bhd and Beta Tegap Sdn Bhd received RM295 million and RM260 million respectively from LTAT for the project.

PAC chairman Wong Kah Woh (Ipoh Timur-PH) had labelled the move by LTAT as “overvalued and exorbitant”. – October 7, 2022.