{
  "id": 17010917,
  "title": "Guan Eng urges Anwar to scrap TuJu, call open tender for new navigation app for civil servants",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/guan-eng-urges-anwar-to-scrap-tuju-call-open-tender-for-new",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-29T04:45:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Malay Mail",
    "slug": "malay-mail-malaymail",
    "url": "https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2026/10/29/guan-eng-urges-anwar-to-scrap-tuju-call-open-tender-for-new-navigation-app-for-civil-servants/241089"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 29 — DAP lawmaker Lim Guan Eng called on Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to drop the TuJu navigation app, seek a dependable interim alternative to Waze, and initiate an open competition for young Malaysians to create a new road navigation application. Lim expressed concern over civil servants being unsure which navigation app to use following the government's ban on Waze and the subsequent introduction of TuJu, developed by the Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM) and Prosignal Consortium Sdn Bhd. According to Lim, TuJu has become a national embarrassment and failed after Prime Minister Anwar directed 1.7 million civil servants to switch to it due to national security concerns. LLM chairman and Simpang Renggam MP Datuk Seri Hasni Mohammad further complicated matters by stating that TuJu was primarily intended to enhance services along tolled highways rather than rival Waze. Lim emphasized that Hasni described TuJu as an additional service for tolled highway users, offering traffic updates, rest area information, enforcement camera locations, and emergency assistance contacts. However, Lim argued that TuJu is not yet ready for use by 1.7 million civil servants. He questioned how civil servants would navigate without Waze or TuJu, which he said was subsequently disabled. Lim urged Anwar to rectify the situation by appointing a replacement for Waze, halting TuJu, and conducting an open tender for a new, effective road navigation application designed by young Malaysians.",
  "summary": "KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 29 — Bagan MP Lim Guan Eng today urged Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to abandon...",
  "key_points": [],
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}