00:00We need to understand and differentiate between the original, the original, the original, and the actual valuation.
00:12Here is the beginning of the declaration that the KKDW is more expensive than 2.1 billion dollars.
00:25Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has rejected claims that his ministry overspent 2.1 billion ringgit,
00:33saying the figure arose from how its allocations and expenditure were compared.
00:38He gave the explanation while winding up the 2027 budget debate in the Dewan Rakyat.
00:43Zahid said the ministry spent 6.108 billion ringgit between 2023 and 2025,
00:50while its allocation for the period was eventually revised to 6.143 billion ringgit.
00:57Zahid said the ministry had in fact underspent against amended allocations
01:03and urged that claims of leakages, corruption, or embezzlement be based on facts.
01:09Last month, DAP advisor Lim Guan Eng urged the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission
01:15to investigate the purported overspending, saying the accumulated expenditure was significant.
01:22The issue came under scrutiny after Zahid complained about delayed payments to contractors,
01:28with some forced to shut down because of cash flow problems.
01:32Treasury Secretary General Johan Mahmoud Merikan later said
01:36most of this year's rural road allocation had already been spent, contributing to payment delays.
01:43Johan noted that 1.8 billion ringgit was spent on rural roads in 2023 against 1.1 billion ringgit approved,
01:52while 2 billion ringgit was spent in 2024 against 1.3 billion ringgit.
01:58In 2025, spending reached 2.3 billion ringgit against an approved allocation of 1.6 billion ringgit.
02:07Roman Dawi Gapari, FMT
