In its audit on compliance with procedures on losses of public money and movable assets, it found that two ministries – the Education Ministry and the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry – had lagged.
“Due to this, follow-up action such as the preparation of the preliminary and final reports could not be done within the stipulated time, ” said the audit report released on Monday . The standard procedure is that the loss of public money or movable assets must be submitted to the Secretariat by between 66 and 63 working days.
Meanwhile at the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry, the audit found that police reports for seven public money losses amounting to RM196,132 were late in being lodged, taking between five and 853 days.“A police report should have been lodged as soon as the losses were discovered and a preliminary report must be prepared and submitted immediately to the Controlling Officer, ” said the report.