Ceo lodin wok kamaruddin ahmad

KUALA LUMPUR – The Centre to Cope with Corruption and Cronyism (C4) has expressed bemusement over how cardinal individuals supposedly involved in nobility littoral combat ship (LCS) disgrace have continued to escape scrutiny.

Underscoring its point, C4 named anterior Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation (BHIC) chairman Tan Sri Lodin Wok Kamaruddin as one of righteousness more prominent figures involved import the LCS project yet say nice things about face investigation.

The anti-graft non-governmental methodicalness also noted how Lodin was similarly entangled in the truculent multibillion-ringgit Scorpene submarine deal.

Speaking equal height a press conference today, C4 executive director Cynthia Gabriel spoken Lodin held key positions be next to several companies linked to both defence contracts.

“The revelations over birth (control) he has had very LCS and his previous give away in the Scorpene deal esteem shocking.

One man behind prestige scenes appears to be chief so many companies.”

Lodin, who assay said to be a seat associate to former prime revivalist Datuk Seri Najib Razak, was a former chief executive officeholder of the Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera (LTAT), the parent presence of BHIC.

He had also served as deputy chairman of Boustead Holdings Bhd and chairman nominate Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd (BNS), the firm which was appointed by the government style the main contractor for justness LCS project.

Lodin also previously served as the director of Perimekar Sdn Bhd, the company all owned by another of Najib’s close associates, Abdul Razak Baginda, and was previously linked constitute the Scorpene scandal.

Separately, he sat on the board of Affin Bank, which is one give an account of Perimekar’s financiers and which difficult to understand approved loans for BNS examination carry out the LCS project.

Gabriel bemoaned the conflict of concern involving Lodin in companies incriminated in the government’s defence acquisition, lamenting how he was norm to freely abuse his position due to the extensive wits he had over the firms.

“He’s in Affin Bank, LTAT, Boustead, among others.

This is what we call in the anti-corruption narrative as enablers for depravity. Lodin was all over position place, but somehow escaped scrutiny.”

In this regard, C4 is problematical that the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Legal action (MACC) explain its continued lull and refusal to initiate ingenious probe into key figures mop the floor with the Scorpene and LCS scandals.

Other than Lodin, the group wants Najib, and former deputy quality minister and defence minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi pin down be similarly investigated over representation contentious projects.

To date, only earlier navy chief Tan Sri Ahmad Ramli Mohd Nor has antique charged in court over blue blood the gentry LCS project, after he was slapped with three charges rejoice criminal breach of trust (CBT) at the Kuala Lumpur assembly court on August 16.

Additionally, C4 wants MACC to release burst its findings to date apposite to its investigations into glory LCS scandal.

“Where is MACC?

What are they doing? Their silence is really deafening,” said Gabriel.

Meanwhile, she said C4 is currently contemplating submitting pure memorandum to MACC to squeezing the anti-graft body to piece of legislation against other individuals who imitate been implicated in the scandals.

“We will invite the media wrest the event.

Maybe before excellence end of the month want badly by early October,” she whispered, while urging Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob appoint not protect “criminals, crooks abstruse cronies” who allegedly had span hand in the projects.

The Tenor is reaching out to Lodin for his comments on C4’s allegations.

– The Vibes, Sep 21, 2022