KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said investigation into the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) project must continue because earlier prosecution was not enough.
He said the shortcomings involving the project were huge and too many leakages were also discovered.
In fact, he said the prosecution done before did not even involve the main culprits behind the LCS project issues .
"My instruction is that the investigation must continue, including on the LCS project because I think earlier action was not enough to uncover and find the real culprits in the case...so, let the investigation continue."
Anwar said this in reply to Ahmad Fadhli Shaari's (PN-Pasir Mas) supplementary question about governance issues during Minister's Question Time at the Dewan Rakyat sitting today.
Anwar said the instruction has also been forwarded to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) for further action and that the agency had already informed him that there will be a second-round prosecution.
It was previously reported that former Boustead Heavy Industries Corp Bhd (BHIC) managing director Tan Sri Ahmad Ramli Mohd Nor was charged with three counts of criminal breach of trust totaling RM21 million over the LCS project scandal.
The 78-year-old former Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) chief, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Ramli in his capacity as the then Bousted Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd (BNS) managing director, was alleged to have approved payments of RM13,541,140; RM1,360,716; and RM6,182,295 to three Singaporean companies without BNS's board of directors' approval.
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