Its chairman, Mas Ermieyati Samsudin, said Amir Hamzah is being summoned as part of the PAC’s proceedings related to the management of public airports, in which the committee has conducted six proceedings over the past week.
Among the witnesses were former MAHB CEO Raja Azmi Raja Nazuddin, Hong Leong Investment Bank Bhd CEO Lee Jim Leng, and Retirement Fund Inc (KWAP) CEO Nik Amlizan Mohamed.
Permodalan Nasional Bhd president and group CEO Abdul Rahman Ahmad, Bursa Malaysia CEO Fad’l Mohamed, and Securities Commission Malaysia executive director Zain Azhari Mazlan – representing SC chairman Faiz Azmi – were also called.
Among the witnesses called last month were former EPF chairman Ahmad Badri Zahir, EPF chief investment officer Rohaya Yusof, Khazanah board member Goh Ching Yin, and Khazanah Nasional executive director Wong Shu Hsien.
Mas Ermieyati said the PAC has now conducted 14 proceedings on the issue of public airport management and will table its report after receiving testimony from all the relevant stakeholders.
Last December, she had announced that the PAC would start an inquiry into airport management involving MAHB, the finance ministry, and Khazanah.
The PAC was previously called on to probe the privatisation of MAHB, in particular the rationale of selling 30% of MAHB’s shares to the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (Adia) and Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP).
Global investment firm BlackRock, which allegedly has connections with Israel and its military, completed its acquisition of GIP in October.
GIP and Adia are taking up a 30% stake in MAHB through a consortium led by Khazanah. The rest will be owned by Khazanah (40%) and EPF (30%).
Critics of the MAHB privatisation deal have claimed that EPF lost RM500 million in stock trading from buying back MAHB shares at higher prices after selling them at lower rates.
Mas Ermieyati previously said PAC’s inquiry into MAHB would not be limited to its privatisation deal, but would include issues related to the management of public airports, including the hike in airfares to Sabah and Sarawak, and the delayed reinstallation of the aerotrain service at KLIA.