KUALA LUMPUR – The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) today said it will summon representatives from three more agencies as part of its probe into the development and procurement of the MySejahtera Covid-19 contact tracing app.
PAC chairman Wong Kah Woh said they will summon the National Security Council, the Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit, and the National Cyber Security Agency on April 21 for another round of inquiry.
“The PAC is of the view that it needs to summon more witnesses to provide further statements for this proceeding,” Wong said in a statement.
Earlier today, the PAC took statements from Finance Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz and Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.
The committee focused on five areas during the three-hour proceeding, including the awarding of the app development contract to KPISoft Sdn Bhd in April 2020, the awarding of a contract to MySJ Sdn Bhd through direct negotiation in November 2021, and the status of negotiations with the firm.
The PAC also asked about the ownership status of the app including its module, source code, intellectual property and database, the government’s commitment to data privacy of MySejahtera users and entities related to the app’s development, and an ongoing legal dispute among MySJ shareholders.
At a separate press conference, Khairy said the government is in the midst of finalising negotiations with MySJ, without elaborating further.
Khairy had earlier said that Putrajaya is negotiating with MySJ, as the licence-holder of MySejahtera, on the app’s services subscription terms.
Last month, the PAC revealed in a report that there were discrepancies in the ownership status of MySejahtera, sparking a public outcry over concerns of data privacy. – The Vibes, April 14, 2022
