KUALA LUMPUR, July 4 – Spare parts for Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) ships worth RM384.49mil were not utilised, resulting in wasteful expenditure, according to the Auditor-General’s report 2/2024.
In addition to that, the report also found weaknesses in the procurement of new vessels, which did not follow schedule, theStar reported.
The report that was tabled in the Dewan Rakyat on Thursday (July 4) found that spare parts at the western fleet supply depot (DBAB) and eastern fleet supply depot (DBAT) were obsolete.
“DBAB had 1.62 million units of spare parts worth RM381.69mil, which was not utilised and the last production record being between 1969 and 2017.
“DBAT had 6040 units of spare parts worth RM2.8mil that were not utilised with the last used production record being between 2017 and 2021,” it added.
