00:00The Public Accounts Committee will investigate the management, finances and implementation of Phase 1 of the Sabah Pan-Borneo Highway
00:09Project.
00:10PAC Chairman Mas Ermiyati Samsuddin said officials from the Works Ministry, Public Works Department and other agencies would be summoned.
00:19She warned that any indication of wrongdoing, bribery or abuse of power would be referred to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption
00:27Commission or Police.
00:28The Auditor General's report Series 2 for 2026 flagged delays, poor site preparation, design changes and contract violations.
00:39It also found RM144 million in unpaid compensation, 99 structures awaiting demolition and RM513.99 million in variation orders approved
00:51beyond authorized limits.
00:53The report also found that work on 19 project packages began before their environmental impact assessment reports were approved.
01:02Only 4 of 35 work packages were completed, with the remaining 31 worth RM16.32 billion still underway.
01:10Mas Ermiyati noted that RM10.547 billion or 94.6% of the RM11.153 billion allocated had already been
01:21spent despite the delays.
01:23Completion has now been pushed to 2030.
01:26The project's contractual cost has risen from RM17.91 billion to RM18.394 billion,
01:33while Phase 1 of the Sarawak-Pan-Borneo Highway is already complete.
01:38Arif Jilaini, FMT.
