LCS has ballooned into a RM11bil scandal now


PETALING JAYA: It’s no longer a RM9bil scandal. The cost of completing the six Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) may balloon by more than RM1bil to a whopping RM11.145bil.

This is due to variations which led to increasing procurement bills as well as time extensions, the investigating audit committee said in a just declassified report.

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