KOTA TINGGI, Oct 11 — The establishment of a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) to investigate delays in the Royal Malaysian Navy’s (RMN) Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) project is not a determining factor in ensuring the prompt completion of the country’s defence asset.
Defence Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin said the shipbuilder had been instructed to expedite work and ensure that further delays did not occur.
“The completion of LCS 1 is a separate matter and does not depend on the RCI. Otherwise, the ship would still not be completed. That is why we have asked the shipbuilder to speed up the work and ensure there are no further delays,” he told reporters.
He was speaking after attending the first harvest of the KayTi JanaVeteran Ginger Project and the launch of JanaKomuniti at Telok Sengat Farm and Felda Air Tawar here today.
