KUALA LUMPUR, April 8 ― Putrajaya must sack and charge civil servants cited for wasting public funds in the Auditor-General’s 2012 Report, a DAP lawmaker said today after learning only three people were hauled up over the billions in leakages.

Kulai MP Teo Nie Ching pointed out that based on Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim’s written reply to Alor Setar MP Gooi Hsiao Leung on March 31, only one retired officer was charged in court, while unspecified disciplinary action would be taken against another two officers, as of November 21, 2013.

“In any other private sector, if you dare to misuse the funds of the company, I’m sure you’d be charged with CBT and sacked immediately,” Teo told reporters at the Parliament lobby here today, using the common term for criminal breach of trust.

Teo cited the various leakages that were documented in the A-G’s 2012 Report released last October, such as the loss of guns, vehicles and handcuffs from 2010 to 2012 worth RM1.3 million by the police, and the destruction of RM600,000 of shoes ordered by the Customs Department that were unfit for use.

The report by national auditors also noted that the Department of Broadcasting had purchased 20 wall clocks at RM3,810 each, 38 times more than the estimated RM100 each, and three A4-size scanners at RM14,670 a unit, more than 70 times the estimated price of RM200 each.

According to the report, the Youth and Sports Ministry spent over RM3 million for the National Youth Day celebrations, which included a RM1.6 million bill to bring in K-Pop groups from South Korea.

“So much public funds were wasted, and yet, so little action has been taken. As such, how could we be satisfied with the outcomes and have confidence that such corruption will not repeat itself?” Teo questioned.

According to the federal lawmaker, Shahidan’s written reply also stated that disciplinary investigations against 19 officers are still ongoing, while the one retired officer facing a court charge was charged in the Kota Baru Sessions Court with forging documents.

“I welcome the effort to table the A-G’s report three times a year. But once we table, I hope we can see more drastic action taken by the authorities,” she said.

Unlike previous years, the A-G’s 2012 report was tabled before the end of the second parliamentary sitting last year.