PUTRAJAYA - Malaysia’s government has found improprieties in the procurement of Covid-19 vaccines made by previous administrations, said Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Wednesday.
Certain parts of the procurement were signed off by the relevant minister without the approval or agreement of the Attorney General, he said. “The White Paper will present irregularities found in the procurement process,” Mr Anwar said after chairing the weekly Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, adding that there were procedural problems related to the compliance, management as well as the cost and number of vaccines.Asked who was the health minister who had signed off on the procurement contracts, Mr Anwar said: “It is not the question of a particular minister, but the ministers involved will need to answer or explain.
During the pandemic, two ministers were put in charge of Covid-19 pandemic-related matters as well as the national Covid-19 immunisation programme. Dr Adham Baba was the health minister while Mr Khairy Jamaluddin was then the science, technology and innovation minister under the administration led by then prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin. Mr Khairy later succeeded Dr Adham as health minister when Mr Muhyiddin resigned and was replaced by Umno’s Ismail Sabri Yaakob.approved by the Ismail Sabri administration, focusing on RM92.5 billion spent by his government.
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