False claim in LCS purchase


In the dock: The littoral combat ships in Lumut

PETALING JAYA: The quotation for the littoral combat ship (LCS) project’s combat management system (CMS) was based on “inaccurate information” but the government still went ahead with the procurement.

The procurement division had said the quotation for the CMS Setis system was RM270mil and it included the cost for the system and integration process, the declassified report by the Special Investigative Committee on Procurement, Governance and Finance report said.

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