KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 22): The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the Malaysian Parliament will organise the first All-Malaysia PAC Conference, beginning Thursday until Jan 24 here. PAC chairman Datuk Mas Ermieyati Samsudin said the conference aimed, among others, to enhance the image of the PAC as a check and balance body on executive functions at both the federal and state levels. The Masjid Tanah MP said the conference also sought to understand the implementation methods of the PAC system in state legislative assemblies nationwide, in addition to providing benchmarks for more standardised PAC proceedings and meetings at both parliamentary and state levels. Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Johari Abdul is scheduled to officiate the conference on Friday. The PAC expects the conference to produce practical resolutions and recommendations, align financial oversight approaches between the Federal Government and the states, and strengthen the effectiveness of the PAC’s role at all levels of administration.

Source: The Edge Markets January 21, 2026 16:47 UTC