My first day has started with a serie of meetings with all senior Treasury officials led by Deputy Treasurer-General, Datuk Siti Zauyah Mohd Desa and separately with the Auditor-General, Tan Sri Madinah binti Mohamad and her team.
Both of them briefed me on the current status on the nation’s finances and the shocking revelation that they were not able to access certain accounts and reports. There were also complaints that certain “red” files that were only accessible to certain parties which impeded officials and auditors from carry out their professional responsibilities with integrity.
It is clear that the previous government has conducted an exercise of deception to the public about certain hot button items, especially 1MDB, and even misrepresented the financial situation to Parliament. A thorough investigation and discovery is still on-going to uncover the necessary financial information and data.
I have directed that all accounts must be accessible to both Treasury and the Auditor-General in the interest of competency, accountability and transparency. Both the Treasury and the Auditor-General will continue the discovery of these files to give the Federal government a clearer and more accurate picture of our financial position.
Despite these challenges, I am optimistic and confident that we will be able to overcome these challenges and restore the financial health of the country. On a positive note, the Malaysian financial and banking system remains robust and well-capitalised. In addition, non-performing loans (NPLs) constitutes less than 1% of the total loans portfolio.
The fundamentals of the economy remain strong. Hence once we are able to clean up the Federal Government finances, we will be able to further strengthen public and investor confidence in Malaysia.
YB Lim Guan Eng
Menteri Kewangan
Putrajaya
22 Mei 2018
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马来西亚财政部新闻稿
我上任的第一天，便与由副财政司拿督西蒂造亚为首的财政部全体高级官员进行了一系列的会议，我也与总稽查司丹斯里玛迪娜和她的团队开会见面。
她们俩皆向我汇报了目前国家的财政状况，最让我吃惊的发现是，他们没有办法取得某些账目和财政报告。他们也投诉说，一些被列为“红色”（机密）文件夹，只有特定人士可以取得，这妨碍了官员和稽查司的工作，让他们无法专业、廉正地执行任务。
很明显地，前朝政府对于特定的账目，有意混水摸鱼、瞒天过海，特别是一马公司的账目，甚至提呈错误的财务报告给国会。目前，有关方面还在调查及揭发这宗案件的隐情，找出必要的财政资料及数据。
我已经下达指令，在秉持能干、公信、透明的原则下，财政司及总稽查司将不受限制，可以获取一切相关的账目。财政司及总稽查司将会继续挖掘并发现更多类似的文件，好让联邦政府对我们的财务状况有更清晰及更准确的了解。
尽管面临这些挑战，我依然感到乐观及有信心我们能够克服这些挑战，并修复国家的财政状况。往积极面看，马来西亚的金融及银行体系仍然健全，资本充足。此外，不良贷款仅占整个贷款组合的不到1%比例。
经济基本面依然强劲。因此，一旦我们能够“清理”联邦政府的财政，我们将能够进一步加强公众与投资者对马来西亚的信心。
马来西亚财政部长
林冠英
于2018年5月22日于布城