Govt's RM8bil armoured fighting vehicles 3 times market price!

KUALA LUMPUR - The supervision has been taken to task over its preference to go forward with its devise to squeeze RM8 billion value of armoured fighting vehicles (AFV).

Sungai Siput part of of parliament Dr Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj pronounced a price offering by DRB-Hicom Defence Technologies Sdn Bhd (Deftech) was 3 times aloft than a market price for a most appropriate APC model, which he pronounced price not some-more than RM10 million a unit.

It's RM31 million per section when a price of a most appropriate APC in a world usually costs RM 10 million this is 3 times more, he told reporters in parliament yesterday.

Recalling a subject by Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua during a final parliamentary session, Jeyakumar pronounced a Defence ministry had settled which a minute of intent released to Deftech did not meant a supervision was going to squeeze a APC, but was only meant for serve discussion.

This proceed is strange. If you go to a shop, as well as are since a quotation 3 time aloft a price you normally will say thank you as well as walk away. Well look for a brand new one.

"Here, despite knowing it is 3 times higher, a Ministry of Defence wants to discuss serve with Deftech," pronounced Jeyakumar, adding which a supervision should instead proceed a producers directly.

He pronounced a figure was half of a sum bill allocation for Pakatan Rakyat-led states.

The sum annual bill for 4 Pakatan Rakyat states was only RM4 billion final year. But this single squeeze amounts to RM8 billion. This is not money belonging to a Prime Minister or Deputy Prime Minister which they can simply squander, he lamented.

Explaining further, Jeyakumar pronounced a amount could have built 160,000 low price homes to residence 800 families in each parliamentary constituency, so which each family can own a resi! dence fo r usually RM50,000 a unit. - Harakahdaily