KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 3 — Auditor-General Tan Sri Ambrin Buang said today it was not his department's responsibility for taking action against errant government departments or civil servants.
"All sorts of disciplinary action can be taken by the respective departments but it is not within our jurisdiction," he said, citing a case in the Education ministry, where teachers who had lost laptops had been fined.
In answering the question of whether the Anti-Corruption Agency has worked with the National Audit Department in cases of alleged corruption, he replied that "everyone can access our website where the report is available so there's no reason why the ACA cannot do so.
"Last year, a week after the auditor-general's report was released, there were cases taken up by them."
There has been growing public concern that few people have been held accountable despite losses amounting to billions of ringgit being discovered in recent years, as exposed by the annual tabling of the Auditor-General's report.
Ambrin said his department had introduced an Accountability Index, whereby an agency or department's performance in management of finances can be benchmarked.
He said his department also ran 51 spot checks last year on various government departments without prior notice and will continue to do so.
"Sometimes we receive anonymous tip-offs and we will run spot checks. We audit ministries and state finances annually but others are done once in three years. Those who are not scheduled for audit may still be subject to spot checks.
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