THE government must disclose the contents of the Tabung Haji royal commission of inquiry (RCI) report in order for the haj pilgrims’ funding board to get to the bottom of claims of alleged mismanagement in the company, former group CEO Nik Mohd Hasyudeen Yusoff said.

The report should be ready now as it was completed in July, he said in an interview with the news portal Ekonomi Rakyat.

“If we follow the plan, the RCI should have been finalised in July this year. It is now December.

“So for me, if necessary, the government can decide whether to share with the public what the results of the RCI are.

“I don’t even know what the RCI’s position is, but because many parties have made various allegations against Tabung Haji, maybe the way out is to reveal what the RCI’s findings are,” he was quoted as saying.

In April, then law minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said the RCI’s final report on management and operation issues concerning Tabung Haji was expected to be completed in July 2022. 

Wan Junaidi also said at that time that the Tabung Haji RCI had convened three times since its establishment on January 21, 2022 and heard the testimonies of 43 witnesses. 

It was formed to investigate the management and operation of the pilgrims’ funding board between 2014 and 2020. 

The commission’s investigation, however, did not include the Tabung Haji recovery and restructuring plan that is currently being implemented.

The RCI was chaired by former chief justice Mohamed Raus Sharif who headed a six-member panel. 

After briefing the cabinet on December 14, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim announced that the RCI would continue its investigation in January.

The establishment of the RCI was pushed by many quarters, especially Umno, when the Pakatan Harapan administration revealed mismanagement in Tabung Haji and made various allegations of misappropriation involving the company’s finances and assets.

In December 2018, the administration of former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad implemented a restructuring of Tabung Haji’s assets, finances and management after it was revealed that it was not run efficiently by its old management.

Among other things, the audit review found that the company’s management had previously continued to pay grants or dividends – and kept them at a high rate – when their liabilities were higher than their assets and in violation of the Tabung Haji Act 1995. – December 26, 2022.