Deputy law and institutional reform minister M Kulasegaran will seek an explanation from the Legal Profession Qualifying Board (LPQB) regarding its six-day official visit to the UK that cost more than RM500,000.
Kulasegaran told the Dewan Rakyat today that he has received letters from lawyers who questioned the need for the trip, which was meant to study how bar courses are conducted.
“The lawyers were questioning the need to go overseas (to learn about bar courses) when that information is available here (in Malaysia),” he said while winding up the debate on the 2025 Auditor-General’s Report Series 3.
He said the board also held a dialogue session with Malaysian students in the UK, which he described as “a good thing” but said it would have been better held locally, where “99% of the students are located”.
The deputy minister was responding to RSN Rayer (PH-Jelutong), who questioned the board’s rationale for the visit.
Kulasegaran also urged the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to investigate the legal board, noting that its finance records have not been audited for the last 17 years.
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