‘Navy fought a losing battle’

Work in progress: One of the five littoral combat ships being built at the Boustead Naval Shipyard dockyard in Lumut.

PETALING JAYA: When Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) Chief Admiral Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Jaafar was about to retire after serving for 40 years, he was offered the plum job as the executive deputy chairman/managing director of Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation (BHIC).

The highly respected career officer did not have to think twice.