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An overview of forensic accounting in Malaysia

Forensic accounting may not be a new field in accounting. However it becomes so important recently and has been an interest to various stakeholders, from the government, to investors, and practitioners to regulatory bodies. Corporate failures like the often cited by Enron and WorldCom cases have pla...

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Main Authors: Ibrahim, M.S., Abdullah, M.
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2007
Subjects:
HC Economic History and Conditions
HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
Online Access:http://eprints.um.edu.my/8616/1/All.pdf
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spelling my.um.eprints.86162014-06-10T01:54:02Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/8616/ An overview of forensic accounting in Malaysia Ibrahim, M.S. Abdullah, M. HC Economic History and Conditions HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare Forensic accounting may not be a new field in accounting. However it becomes so important recently and has been an interest to various stakeholders, from the government, to investors, and practitioners to regulatory bodies. Corporate failures like the often cited by Enron and WorldCom cases have placed forensic accounting into the limelight. The objective of this study is to present the views of the practitioners regarding forensic accounting and its current development in Malaysia. For the purpose of this study, practitioners from the big and medium accounting firms and regulatory bodies in Malaysia were interviewed regarding the subject matter and unstructured interviews were used in the study. Keywords: Forensic Accounting, Auditing and Investigation 2007 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.um.edu.my/8616/1/All.pdf Ibrahim, M.S. and Abdullah, M. (2007) An overview of forensic accounting in Malaysia. In: International Conference on Business and Information, 10-13 Julai 2007, Tokyo, Japan. (Unpublished)
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topic HC Economic History and Conditions
HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
spellingShingle HC Economic History and Conditions
HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
Ibrahim, M.S.
Abdullah, M.
An overview of forensic accounting in Malaysia
description Forensic accounting may not be a new field in accounting. However it becomes so important recently and has been an interest to various stakeholders, from the government, to investors, and practitioners to regulatory bodies. Corporate failures like the often cited by Enron and WorldCom cases have placed forensic accounting into the limelight. The objective of this study is to present the views of the practitioners regarding forensic accounting and its current development in Malaysia. For the purpose of this study, practitioners from the big and medium accounting firms and regulatory bodies in Malaysia were interviewed regarding the subject matter and unstructured interviews were used in the study. Keywords: Forensic Accounting, Auditing and Investigation
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Ibrahim, M.S.
Abdullah, M.
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Abdullah, M.
author_sort Ibrahim, M.S.
title An overview of forensic accounting in Malaysia
title_short An overview of forensic accounting in Malaysia
title_full An overview of forensic accounting in Malaysia
title_fullStr An overview of forensic accounting in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed An overview of forensic accounting in Malaysia
title_sort overview of forensic accounting in malaysia
publishDate 2007
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/8616/1/All.pdf
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