KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 22 -- The Malaysian government was able to recover RM159 million because of the National Audit Department's (NAD) efforts in following up on issues detected in audits of government entities, Auditor General (A-G) Datuk Seri Wan Suraya Wan Mohd Radzi said yesterday.

Wan Suraya credited this success to the Malaysian government's institutional reforms to boost the Auditor General's audit powers, as well as the NAD's introduction of new and innovative oversight mechanisms.

"The impact of all these efforts which I just mentioned - especially from the perspective of the Auditor General's Dashboard, is that for example, since we established it and really focused on it - from January 2024, until July 31, 2025, follow-up audit...