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LCS scandal

Ex-Boustead Naval Shipyard managing director files application to dismiss CBT charges, cites poor health

Former navy chief is accused of fraudulently approving payments of RM21.08 million to three firms without board approval

LCS scandal: AGC rejects Ramli Mohd Nor’s bid to drop RM21 mil CBT charges

The Attorney-General Chambers has rejected the representation submitted by Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd managing director Tan Sri Ahmad Ramli Mohd Nor to drop three criminal breach of trust charges of the company’s fund totalling RM21.08 million involving the littoral combat ship project for the Royal Malaysian Navy. 

LCS project: 10.38% LTAT shares transferred to MoF Inc, PM says

A total of 10.38% of the Armed Forces Fund Board’s shares in the Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd have been transferred to Finance Ministry-owned Ocean Sunshine Bhd to complete the troubled littoral combat ships project. 

Corruption watchdog calls on AGC to review all LCS contracts

A graft watchdog has called for the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) to review all contracts related to the littoral combat ship (LCS) project, after findings were published by Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC).

Tok Mat denies AGC snub in LCS supplemental agreement

Defence Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan (Rembau-BN) has refuted findings detailed in a report by Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee on the embattled multi-billion ringgit littoral combat ships project.

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