The other is Contraves Electrodynamics (CED), in which BNS has a 51 per cent stake, with the foreign Rheinmetall Group having the other 49 per cent. In his testimony, Mr Abdul Aziz also asked to be put on record that he had called for an investigation into Contraves Advanced Devices (CAD) - one of the two companies appointed by BNS as main contractors for the LCS project. Betul atau tidak? (Right or not?) The fact that happened (was) the other way around, jelas menunjukkan bahawa tidak telus, (it just shows that it's not transparent),' he said. 'If I were to build a house, if I say I want that, you will get it done. If anybody were to be in my position, I say you must be ready.'Īlthough he felt 'something gravely wrong' from the beginning, Mr Abdul Aziz did not issue any statements externally but declared that the PAC was the best opportunity to say, 'I have registered my greatest disappointment to everyone that was supposed to be listening to me'. I did not want to tell the government that we have been cheated but short of saying it, there was some element there. Mr Abdul Aziz said: 'We had bad experiences with the French, especially with the submarines. The Gowind design is by France's Naval Group, formerly DCNS, which had also built the controversial Scorpene submarines in 2002 for Malaysia.

'The French design was not a proven design while Sigma was already operational in Indonesia, Morocco and a few other countries,' he said, adding that there was also a lost opportunity as the builder had wanted to make Malaysia its hub. Zahid is said to have earlier agreed to the Sigma design. Mr Abdul Aziz said he felt 'very dejected' as it was claimed then that former defence minister Zahid had agreed to Gowind-Setis but he had not seen any letter from the then minister expressing preference for Gowind-Setis.

The core of the dispute is that the Malaysian Navy had wanted the Sigma design of the LCS by a Dutch firm and the combat management system (CMS) from a French firm.īut following intense lobbying, BNS had opted for the Gowind design and the Setis CMS - both from France. In his testimony before the PAC last year, Mr Abdul Aziz said RMN fought a 'losing battle, right from the start' with 'Boustead (BNS) given the leeway to choose what was right for themselves'.

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