PETALING JAYA: The design contract for the littoral combat ships (LCS) with DCNS was poorly negotiated with “common sense lapses”, according to the recently declassified forensic audit report.
PETALING JAYA: Tan Sri Ahmad Ramli Mohd Nor and Anuar Murad were two key figures named extensively in the declassified forensic audit report by the Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation Berhad (BHIC) on the littoral combat ship (LCS) project.
KUALA LUMPUR (June 11): Based on corporate announcements and news flow today, companies in focus on Monday (June 14) may include: IJM Corp Bhd, Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd (KLK), Serba Dinamik Holdings Bhd, Boustead Heavy Industries Corp Bhd (BHIC), Uzma Bhd, Yong Tai Bhd, Reservoir Link Energy Bhd and Sern Kou Resources Bhd.
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Malaysia will allow Boustead Naval Shipyard (BNS) to resume construction of littoral combat ships for the country’s navy, the defense minister said Friday, despite its failure to deliver on schedule and an unfinished probe into missing funds in the billion-ringgit project.
The move will preserve 1,600 local jobs and more than 400 small and medium-sized businesses owned by Malay Muslims, Defense Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said in a statement, which did not say anything about the past delivery delays or corruption allegations.
“The Defense Ministry wishes to announce that the cabinet meeting on May 5 decided that the Boustead Group could resume the construction of LCS which was stalled since 2019,” he said. Littoral combat ships (LCS) are small, fast warships designed for shallow coastal waters.
2 more Littoral Mission Ships to be stationed in Sabah 05 Mar 2021 / 16:20 H. Pix for representational purpose only. Bernama
KOTA KINABALU: Two more Royal Malaysian Navy’s Littoral Mission Ships (LMS) will be stationed at the Eastern Fleet Command Headquarters, Kota Kinabalu Naval Base to further tighten the security in the country’s waters, especially in Sabah.
Chief of Navy Tan Sri Mohd Reza Mohd Sany said two ships had been stationed in Sabah, so far, namely KD Keris and KD Sundang.
“The other two LMS ships are expected to arrive in Malaysia in October and December. We also have plans to acquire several more LMS ships but we have not yet determined the type and the manufacturer,“ he told reporters after the commissioning ceremony of the second LMS, KD Sundang here today.