IN 2007, Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd (BNS) a unit of Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation Bhd (BHIC), which in turn is controlled by the Armed Forces Fund Board or LTAT sought the support of the Economic Planning Unit (EPU) in the Prime Minister’s Department and the then defence minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak for a programme to build six littoral combat ships (LCS) at its Lumut dockyard.
KUALA LUMPUR: A proposal to establish a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) to investigate the construction of the littoral combat ship (LCS) project for the Royal Malaysian Navy will be presented to the Cabinet on Wednesday (Aug 17).
PETALING JAYA: A huge amount of money meant for the uncompleted RM9bil six littoral combat ships (LCS) project was used to buy spare parts, including even TV sets, a special panel headed by former auditor-general Tan Sri Amrin Buang has revealed.