KUALA LUMPUR, July 16 -- The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has called for an overhaul of the country's cooking oil subsidy management system after finding that the existing mechanism failed to ensure subsidised cooking oil reached those who genuinely needed it.

PAC vice-chairman Teresa Kok said the committee's report, prepared following findings in the Second Auditor-General's Report 2025, identified weaknesses in the management of cooking oil price controls and subsidies under the Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry (KPDN), including ineffective targeting, breaches of sales conditions and supply chain management issues.

"Based on its investigation, the PAC concluded that the quota under the Cooking Oil Price Stabilisation Sche...