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Mitra, How To Ensure It Stays True To Its Purpose

Professor Dr P. Ramasamy, State Assemblyman for Perai

25-Apr-23 08:45

Mitra, How To Ensure It Stays True To Its Purpose

Datuk Ramanan Ramakrishnan, the newly-appointed committee chairman Mitra has said that the agency will undergo a comprehensive audit to clean up its accounts after being mired in controversy with claims that millions had been syphoned out since its establishment.

Prof Dr P Ramasamy, Perai assemblyperson and Penang deputy chief minister II tells us what reforms needs to be in place to ensure that it does indeed serve the needy Indian community with accountability.

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Produced by: Sim Wie Boon

Presented by: Wong Shou Ning, Philip See


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