.jpg)
KUALA LUMPUR – PKR’s Sg Buloh MP Datuk R. Ramanan has been appointed as chairperson of the Malaysian Indian Community Transformation Unit (Mitra) Special Committee under the Prime Minister’s Department.
According to a report by The Star, others appointed to the committee include MIC’s Datuk C. Sivaraj, DAP’s Klang MP Ganabatirau Veraman, PKR’s Segamat MP R. Yuneswaran and Mitra director-general Ravendran Nair.
It is believed that the committee appointments were made by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, with Ramanan set to chair the committee’s first meeting tomorrow in Putrajaya.
Last month, deputy law minister Ramkarpal Singh assured that probes to bring to light perpetrators of corrupt practices in the troubled Mitra are far from over.
Previously, it was reported that 16 company directors were arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) for allegedly mishandling Mitra funds.
It is estimated that the group misused tens of millions of ringgit from the unit after originally applying for Mitra grants to organise programmes for the Indian community.
Mitra was first placed under the Prime Minister’s Department during the 2018 Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration, but was moved to the National Unity Ministry in April 2020 after the Sheraton Move that toppled the PH government.
The unit was then returned to the Prime Minister’s Department in September last year by then prime minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. – The Vibes, April 18, 2023
