Former auditor-general Tan Sri Dr Madinah Mohamad’s claim that she was not called to testify before the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) into Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH) is untrue, said TH chairman Tan Sri Rashid Hussin.
Rashid said the RCI had served Madinah with a subpoena requiring her to appear and give evidence before the panel.
He said Madinah had instead requested to attend the proceedings together with Mona Othman, who was then deputy director of the Financial Audit Division, but the request could not be accommodated.
“According to the RCI proceedings, the investigation was conducted individually. However, on June 2, 2022, Mona appeared and provided an explanation to us, as well as submitting the full report.
“I do not intend to prolong this controversy, but I feel an explanation needs to be given.
“For the record, Tan Sri was served with a subpoena. Therefore, what she said is untrue,” he told reporters after the Ummah Dialogue: TH’s Future Realities at a hotel here on Thursday.
Madinah, who served as auditor-general from 2017 to 2019, was previously reported to have expressed disappointment over not being called to testify before the RCI.
She had claimed that she was at the Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) office while the RCI proceedings were taking place, but her name was not called to give evidence.
Rashid said Madinah had in fact been given sufficient opportunity to provide information to the commission.
He said the RCI had also given her the opportunity to submit written responses to 75 questions raised by the panel.
“The answers were recorded as a witness statement and she submitted them in the form of a statutory declaration on April 1, 2022,” he said.
