National Youth Day 2012 Expenditures
Excessive expenditures, including holiday in Thailand for secretariat and RM100K to bloggers for promotion of event
Timeline
- 2013-10-02 - The truth? Ministry did pay RM1.6 million for K-pop concert - Malaysian Insider
- 2013-10-01 - Jadual 16.14 AG Report 2013
Financial cost: RM2,943,643
Promotion and publicity: RM 1,111,927 (High cost)
Promotion Dinner: RM33,500 (High cost)
Hi-Tea for Reports: RM42,466
Bloggers for Promotion: RM100,000
Study Visit (Paid holiday) to Phuket, Krabi and Phuket for dept heads and secretariat: RM48,300
K-Pop artist: RM1,600,000
Implicated
Head of Secretariat Borhan bin Dollah
Deputy head of secretariat Hajah Hatipah binti Ibrahim
Head of Executive Mod Nazri bin Yaakob
- 2013-06-11 DATO’ MOHID TINGGALKAN LEGASI BANTU TINGKATKAN IMEJ KBS - Ministry website PR
Indirectly Implicated: Khairy Jamaluddin (Minister at the time)
Support: Khairy Jamaluddin (Endorsed success of the event)
- 2012-06-02 KBS Tidak Guna Wang Kerajaan Bayar Persembahan K-Pop - The Star
Directly Implicated: Mohid Mohamed - Chief Secretary Youth and Sports Ministry
"Cost of RM900,000 by Stadium First, will use private sponsorship to cover."
