PAC chairman Mas Ermieyati Samsudin said the committee held its second meeting today and recorded statements from five witnesses.

“The PAC is committed to table its report on the country’s Covid-19 management for debate in the next Dewan Rakyat sitting from Oct 9 to Nov 30,” she said in a Facebook post.

She said the committee will next summon representatives from Pharmaniaga Logistics Sdn Bhd for statements on several issues related to the procurement of ventilators, which were found to be unusable.

In June, Mas Ermieyati said the committee would call up the secretaries-general of two ministries to find out more about expired Covid-19 vaccines and faulty ventilators supplied to the government.

The two are the health ministry and the science, technology and innovation ministry.

In April, health minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa said nearly 2.8 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines, costing about RM81.4 million, had expired as of Feb 28.

She said the expired vaccine doses of various brands were being stored at the ministry’s facilities and a vaccine storage warehouse.

The Auditor-General’s Report for 2021 had also revealed that only 28 of 136 ventilators procured by Pharmaniaga Logistics for the health ministry from 2020 to 2022 were in working order.