KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 — Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Johari Abdul said he will ensure the Public Accounts Committee's (PAC) report regarding the littoral combat ship (LCS) construction project will be debated in Parliament.
He said the PAC has given its commitment to monitor the progress of the LCS construction project and will prepare a report on the matter to be presented in Parliament.
According to Johari, he visited the Boustead Naval Shipyard at Lumut Naval Base in Perak today with PAC chairman Datuk Mas Ermieyati Samsudin, PAC vice-chairman Wong Shu Qi, and committee members.
"I was briefed on the development of the project by team director Franklin Jeyasekhar Joseph and chief executive officer of Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd Azhar Jumaat," he said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, today.
On September 21, Mas Ermieyati said the Progress Report on the Second Generation Patrol Ship Construction Project - LCS are among the four reports tabled at the Third Meeting of the Dewan Rakyat scheduled to convene on October 9.
The committee will table the progress of the LCS project for the period from October 2022 to May 2023.
— Bernama
