Petaling Jaya Utara MP, Tony Pua who is in Penang recently talked to members of the media regarding the RM8billion order for 257 8×8 armoured vehicles by the Ministry of Defence from Deftech a wholly owned by DRB Hicom Berhad.
According to the press statement, the purchase of the vehicles will cost a shocking RM31.1M per unit and this is not even a non-combat vehicle.
In comparison, the top of the range AWVs is said to costs only RM9.9M while an armoured carrier produced in USA only costs RM19.8M.
Video by Chan Lilian, Citizen Journalist