KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 7 (Bernama) -- Prolonged suspension of allowances and facilities payments from the Light Dues Fund (KWDA) could have operational implications, particularly for navigation safety management in the Straits of Malacca, Deputy Transport Minister Datuk Hasbi Habibollah said.
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- “It also includes navigation safety management and the maintenance of aids to navigation in the Straits of Malacca, which is traversed by more than 100,000 vessels,” he said when winding up the debate on the Auditor-General’s Report (LKAN) 2/2026 for the ministry in the Dewan Rakyat today.
- According to LKAN 2/2026, RM2.55 million from the KWDA and the Marine Trading Central Fund (KWPPL) was spent on allowances and facilities in 2025 without valid legal authority.
- Of this amount, RM2.31 million involved KWDA funds paid as allowances and facilities to the KWDA Board and officers of the Marine Department Malaysia (JLM).
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