00:00The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that the construction of five LCS ships, or Littoral Combat Ships,
00:11can be handed over to the Royal Malaysian Navy,
00:15in accordance with the scheduled timetable, starting from August 2026.
00:24This achievement was proven on 23 May 2024,
00:29when the first LCS was successfully launched into the water surface at Limbangan Lumut,
00:38in accordance with the scheduled contract.
00:41In response to the question from the Honourable Honourable Tanah Merah
00:46regarding the progress of the construction of the LCS-2,
00:51for your information, the LCS-2 is currently at 64.66%.
01:01I would like to take this opportunity to inform others that
01:06the LCS-3 is at 56.48%,
01:10the LCS-4 is at 51.10%
01:14and the LCS-5 is at 42.33%.
01:19Regarding the number of payments that have been made for the construction of the LCS-2,
01:27based on the contract that has been signed,
01:31the Ministry has not carried out payments according to the progress of each ship individually.
01:37Instead, the payments are carried out according to the progress of the entire LCS project,
01:45such as the views of the Malaysian Corruption Prevention Agency
01:51and the Ministry of Justice, Procurement, Procurement and Government Finance.
01:57In accordance with this,
01:59the Government has paid Rp7.15 billion,
02:03which is a total of Rp63.69% compared to the original payment plan,
02:11which is Rp68.43%
02:15based on the contract in accordance with the progress of the LCS project
02:21for the entire LCS project.
02:26Do you have any additional questions?
02:28Thank you, Mr. Han.
02:30Although I expected the LCS-2, which Mr. Han just mentioned, to be at 64.6%,
02:39I am also sure that it will take quite a long time to be ready for the use of TLDM.
02:45Moreover, the time for the LCS-2 to descend to the surface of the water
02:51will take at least a year.
03:01So, I would like to draw the attention of the audience
03:03regarding the decision of the Ministry of Justice
03:06which reinstates the KD Sarawak and KD Srisabah ships.
03:10These ships were previously donated to the Malaysian Maritime Authority, APMM,
03:18but are now forced to be returned to the TLDM
03:22taking into account the critical situation of the shortage of ships for the use of TLDM.
03:29Although these two ships are actually obsolete and no longer in use.
03:34The two ships should be placed in the Malaysian Maritime Museum in Melaka.
03:40My additional question is,
03:42taking into account the critical situation of the shortage of ships for the use of TLDM
03:49and the long time for the LCS-1 and LCS-2 ships,
03:54is the Ministry interested in obtaining the HMS Anzac ships from Australia
04:02which are only 25-26 years old,
04:05which were recently restored in May for the temporary use of TLDM?
04:12Are there and what efforts have been made to obtain the Request for Information, RFI, from the Australian government?
04:22Is it possible that the HMS Anzac ships can be used by the TLDM?
04:27Taking into account the current situation,
04:29we are forced to restore the KD Sarawak, which is over 50 years old.
04:36I am informed that the HMS Anzac ships have the Meco 200 design
04:47from Blomvoss, which is the same as the KEDA or NGBV ships owned by the TLDM.
04:55This is the right choice for resolving the shortage of ships for the use of TLDM
05:02rather than restoring the ships that are over 50 years old.
05:07I have written a letter to the Minister.
05:11I request for an explanation.
05:13I request for an explanation, Your Honour.
05:15It looks cool, but our problem is that the South China Sea is not known.
05:21Your Honour.
05:23Please go ahead, Minister.
05:27Thank you, Your Honour.
05:29It looks very deep and profound about this matter.
05:34It is undeniable that the Malaysian Navy has studied the usage of the ships
05:44as a gap filler approach
05:49when we face a gap in the construction of the LCS.
05:56After the study, the TLDM has concluded that the HMAS Anzac ships
06:07are not compatible based on issues such as the commonality of equipment
06:17as well as the cost of processing which does not benefit the government.
06:22Moreover, if we process the HMAS Anzac ships,
06:31the processing process will take a long time, up to 2027.
06:41In 2027, we will supply two LCS ships, the first and the second.
06:51The first and the second LCS ships will be handed over to the TLDM
06:57and will start operations in 2027.
07:02Recently, we have purchased three LCS ships from Turkey.
07:11All three ships will be ready by the end of 2027.
07:18Five ships will start serving the Malaysian Navy.
07:28Since the HMAS Anzac ships use different equipment,
07:37we have concluded that they are not compatible
07:41and are not of interest to the government and the people of Malaysia.
07:46Thank you.
07:47Thank you, Minister.
07:48Honourable Minister of Finance.
07:49Thank you, Dato' Timbalan Yanipetua.
07:55Honourable Minister.
07:57As I recall, when the issue of the LCS Littoral Combatant Ship scandal arose,
08:06some parties have been sued in court.
08:12Can the Minister of Defense state
08:16whether the status of the lawsuit has been resolved?
08:22If it has been resolved, what is the decision of the court?
08:26Thank you.
08:27Honourable Minister.
08:29Honourable Minister of Justice.
08:31As a lawyer, I think he knows better.
08:33I think the case is not yet closed.
08:37Thank you.
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