LLM chair says TuJu is a highway aid, not a Waze competitor

During an interview in Kuala Lumpur, Hasni Mohammad, chair of the Malaysian Highway Authority, said the TuJu navigation app was designed specifically to enhance services on toll highways, offering real-time traffic data, rest-area locations and emergency assistance numbers. He stressed that the app is not meant to compete with Waze, whose use was questioned by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on national-security grounds. Following the prime minister’s appeal, the government restricted Waze for civil servants and promoted TuJu, prompting criticism over the app’s performance.

Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil and Digital Minister Gobind Singh Deo clarified that using other navigation apps, such as Google Maps, remains allowed. Hasni also addressed concerns about the project's procurement, noting that TuJu was funded by private investors and not through government spending, and that the initial agreement with developer Prosignal Consortium pre-dated his tenure. He said future expansion beyond toll roads would depend on technical capacity and funding.