Prosignal Consortium Sdn Bhd, the private company behind the TuJu navigation app, has come under scrutiny after Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim urged motorists to switch from Waze to the locally developed alternative.

The government’s national security concerns over Waze have instead drawn criticism of TuJu’s performance and raised questions about its developer, ownership, links to former public officials, and how it secured the project.

One of Prosignal’s directors is Selat Klang assemblyperson Abdul Rashid Asari, who chaired the Malaysian Highway Authority (MHA) when it entered into a collaboration with the company in May 2022.

Rashid has acknowledged proposing the navigation app project to MHA’s board and subsequently inviting Prosignal to develop it without an open tender.