AUDIT DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARD: AMBRIN

KOTA KINABALU, Feb 9 (Bernama) -- The National Audit Department carries its

audit in accordance with international standards without prejudice to any party,

Auditor-General Tan Sri Ambrin Buang said.

The auditors are also competent in carrying out their duties, he said,

adding that he was confident of the integrity of the department''s report.

"We have the standard and we are confident with our findings which are made

based on detail scrutiny of facts and documents," he told reporters after the

opening of the Asean Supreme Audit Institution (Aseansai) here today.

The two-day meeting was opened by Aseansai chairman Drs Hadi Poernomo who is

Indonesian auditor-general.

Ambrin was earlier asked on the 2010 Auditor-General''s Report which

attracted public attention when it highlighted numerous issues including on

National Feedlot Centre project.

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He said the department adopted a transparent approach by making its report

accessible from its website but stressed that the department had no control over

how the report was used.

"I suggest that the report is read in full so that it is understood.

Sometimes even if we have not said anything about certain things, people say we

have said so. That, sometimes, causes a problem," he said.

On Sabah''s financial management in 2010, he said, the state performed better

than many other states, pointing out that three agencies -- the Forestry

Department, Treasury Department and Papar District Office -- received the

excellent four-star rating.

"This shows that it''s not impossible to achieve four to five stars," he

said.

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