In Malaysia ‘semua boleh’ – everything is possible

[superadmin]

It seems we have a freshly-baked scandal in Malaysia. This time, it is about the littoral combat ship project (LCS), which was ordered for the defence of our nation.

News broke a week ago that apparently the defence ministry and Boustead Naval Shipyard (BNS), a private contractor appointed for this order, had ignored the Royal Malaysian Navy’s assessments on the appropriate class of ships for this LCS project. The deal has now morphed into the LCS scandal.

The agreement was inked in 2011, and the government paid out over RM6 billion for the project then, which was given to BNS through direct negotiations. Yet, 11 years on, there is not one ship in sight.

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