PARLIAMENT | Chow Yu Hui (Harapan-Raub) has questioned the government’s reported ban on civil servants using navigation app Waze, asking whether other applications, including Google Maps, Instagram, and WhatsApp, would remain permitted.

Speaking during the Supply Bill 2027 debate in the Dewan Rakyat today, he asked whether the directive was genuine and, if so, whether it applied to civil servants’ personal phones and use of Waze outside working hours.

He also questioned why Waze was singled out over potential data security risks, given that...

He also questioned why Waze was singled out over potential data security risks, given that it has been owned by Google since 2013.