LLM pertahan Prosignal kerjasama bangunkan aplikasi TuJu

Malaysia's Land Transportation Authority (LLM) has maintained its partnership with Prosignal Consortium Sdn Bhd to develop the TuJu navigation application, despite facing questions about the selection of Prosignal over a tender process. The public is discouraged from using Waze due to concerns over national safety, with Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim encouraging Malaysians to consider switching to TuJu.

However, the government has been urged to explain the choice of Prosignal in light of reported technical issues and user complaints, the source reports.

LLM's chairman, Hasni Mohammad, clarified that the partnership with Prosignal began as an initial suggestion made by Abdul Rashid Asari when he held the position, during a time when he was the LLM chairman. When asked about the decision not to use an open tender process, Hasni explained that the TuJu project is funded by investors, not government funds. The application is funded through both loan and advance payments, meaning that any concerns about the lack of a tender process are unfounded, he said.

LLM always adheres to financial regulations, according to Hasni, who succeeded Rashid in August 2022. Rashid, who is also the Selangor Lang representative in Parliament, now serves as Prosignal's chairman. When asked whether Rashid's departure from Prosignal could create concerns about potential conflicts of interest, Hasni stated that the previous chairman was not the LLM chairman when the discussions took place.

He only presented one proposal to the board for the benefit of road users, emphasizing that TuJu is an additional service for highway users, providing real-time traffic information, rest area updates, police station locations, and emergency assistance.