KUALA LUMPUR — The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will begin proceedings into the RM43.9 million loss incurred by two government-linked investment companies (GLICs) from investments in FashionValet Sdn Bhd (FashionValet), next month.
“The PAC will initiate proceedings regarding the loss of investment by Khazanah Nasional Bhd (Khazanah) and Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB) in a local online fashion business, FashionValet, involving a loss of public funds amounting to RM43.9 million by summoning Khazanah and PNB.
“The proceedings are expected to be held in the second week of December 2024,” PAC chairman Datuk Mas Ermieyati Samsudin told a press conference at Parliament today.
Yesterday, Mas Ermieyati, when contacted by Scoop, said many suggestions had been made by various parties, including MPs, civil servants, entrepreneurs, and others, for PAC to summon FashionValet, Khazanah, and PNB to explain the loss.
Yesterday, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) also raided the Mont Kiara home of the e-commerce platform’s founding couple, Datin Vivy Yusof and her husband, Datuk Fadzarudin Shah Anuar.
Items seized from the residence included 11 luxury handbags and a luxury watch at estimated total value of around RM200,000.
Today, Vivy and Fadzarudin are to face a third day of questioning at the MACC headquarters in Putrajaya.
The case is being investigated under Section 18 of the MACC Act 2009.
There has been public outrage after the Finance Ministry, in a written parliamentary reply recently, revealed that Khazanah and PNB had sold their RM47 million stake in FashionValet for only RM3.1 million.
According to the ministry, the fire sale was a responsible exit by Khazanah and PNB from FashionValet to a strategic investor.
“The amount of loss from the sale of FashionValet shares is very small compared to the total income generated by Khazanah and PNB in the relevant year,” the ministry said.
On November 2, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim instructed Khazanah to conduct an internal audit to investigate the issue of the RM43.9 million investment loss in FashionValet.
The Prime Minister firmly said that the internal audit was part of measures to create a better governance system within the 2,000 government-linked companies (GLCs). – November 7, 2024