RM273mil lost in ‘uCustoms’

By ALLISON LAI and JOSEPH KAOS Jr

PETALING JAYA: What was supposed to be a cost-savings system ended up becoming a whopping RM273mil loss for the government.

The Customs Department’s “uCustoms” project, which kicked off in 2013, was meant to be a modern online system that was to increase work efficiency and help save cost.

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