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KUALA LUMPUR, October 22, 2026 — The person who convinced Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim that the locally developed navigation app TuJu was technologically adequate to replace Waze should be punished, DAP Member of Parliament for Bagan Lim Guan Eng said today.
In a press statement issued in Kuala Lumpur, Lim described the unveiling of TuJu, developed by the Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM) as an alternative to Waze for road navigation, as having turned out to be “a national embarrassment”.
He said that while many supported the government’s efforts to protect national security interests, there should have been proper due diligence and stringent testing to ensure that TuJu could adequately match and replace the basic road navigation functions of Waze.
Complaints from users
According to Lim, user feedback so far indicates that relying on TuJu leaves users worse off.
He said he had received complaints about the app’s ineffectiveness, and that the government should not make it a compulsory replacement for Waze.
“Malaysians support replacing Waze applications that endanger security risks concerning information and data on citizens’ movements, when it is subject to the laws of the Israeli government, but not an application that is defective at best and a failure at worst,” the statement said.
Questions on cost and expertise
Lim said the Prime Minister had clearly been wrongly advised, and called on Anwar to tell the public how much it had cost the government to develop TuJu.
“The one to be blamed is the person responsible for convincing Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim that TuJu is adequate technologically to replace Waze, and this person should be punished,” he said.
He also asked whether TuJu’s designers had sought expert advice from professionals in the United States, Europe, China or Japan.
Call for an improved version
Lim urged the Prime Minister to “go back to the drawing board” by asking the National Cyber Security Committee (NSC) to come up with a much-improved version of TuJu that could serve as an adequate replacement for Waze.
“How can the NSC be expected to do its job to ward off evolving cyber threats, strengthen the nation’s preparedness and digital sovereignty when it cannot even fulfil users’ road navigation needs?” he asked.
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