IF you think that all revenues from driving licences went to the Road Transport Department, you're wrong. Some of them actually ended up in the Prime Minister's Department and the Health Ministry.

It does not end there.

Though the Immigration Department is the rightful recipient for revenues from visa, more than half a million has gone to the Ministry of International Trade and Industry. Some has also gone to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Foreign Affairs Ministry also received payments for registrations of birth, death, adoption, marriage and divorce registrations when the funds should have gone to the National Registration Department.

Some RM10,000 payment for in-patient health and dental treatment for foreign workers has gone to the Royal Malaysian Police, instead of the Health Ministry.
Outpatient treatment of foreign workers, totalling RM16,000 ended up with the Ministry of Rural and Regional Development

More than RM100,000 of foreign workers levy found their way to the National Registration Department, instead of the Immigration.

But at the end of the day, all funds ended up in the Federal Consolidated Fund.

However, interestingly enough, some rental revenues from land and buildings owned by the government, and managed by the Consumer Department/Ministry were not credited into the Consolidated Fund.

Instead, it has gone to the societies, sports clubs, charitable foundations and others.

"The amount collected is unknown as its records were not properly maintained," said Auditor-General Tan Sri Ambrin Buang.

Ambrin called for a stop to this practice and for guidelines to be issued by the Treasury or the Department of the Director-General of Lands and Mines regarding rental revenue.