Zahid: Not fair to link me to LCS project, I was not defence minister then

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 7 — Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has denied any involvement in the alleged financial improprieties regarding the Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) project, saying...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 7 — Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has denied any involvement in the alleged financial improprieties regarding the Littoral Combat Ships project, saying that he was not defence minister at the time the project was awarded.

Cost overruns for the LCS project totalled RM1.4 billion, with RM400 million used to pay old debts from an old patrol vessel project, PAC chairman Wong Kah Woh said on August 4. Umno Online quoted Ahmad Zahid saying that the LCS, built by BNS, is a subsidiary of Boustead Holdings Bhd, whose largest shareholder is Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera .

Umno Online also reported Wong saying that Ahmad Zahid would be called by the PAC early next month, to complete the proceedings regarding the failure to supply the six LCS worth RM9 billion.

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