COMMENT | From PKFZ to 1MDB: Task forces that fell flat on delivery

COMMENT | After an audit report on the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) was published in 2009, no less than six high-powered task forces were set up.

One of them, headed by the late Vinayak Pradhan, investigated the issue diligently and comprehensively and submitted a report to the Transport Ministry with its findings and recommendations.

Notwithstanding this, the then-prime minister announced the setting up of a “super task force” headed by...