Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak said those blaming him for the failed procurement of the littoral combat ships (LCS) should show proof he interfered with the ships’ design or took money from the project.

“Please show me proof that Najib had ever interfered in changing the type of the ship from Sigma to Gowind or that Najib had ever taken money from this project,” he said in a Facebook post today.

As the LCS project was greenlit and awarded to Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd (BNS) during Najib’s premiership, several opposition lawmakers...