SHAH ALAM - The government must come clean on their decision to sell the MySejahtera application to a private firm instead of retaining the application under the purview of the Health Ministry (MoH), said opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
Anwar had asked why the sale of the application was not done via open tender as the process would enable better transparency.
Instead, Anwar questions why the application was "surrendered" to a private company, MySJ Sdn Bhd and that the deal has the possibility of abuse of Malaysian's personal information.
"What was the reason for MySJ Sdn Bhd being the only company considered for this project?
"Why do the government always award individuals or companies that conduct CSR (corporate social responsibility) for the benefit of Malaysians with high-value contracts?
"What is the scope and expertise of MySj Sdn Bhd that is related to the operations of MySejahtera and how can MoH ensure that the data collected by the application is not misused by a third party including MySJ Sdn Bhd,'' Anwar said in a statement yesterday.
Anwar also question the relationship between MySJ Sdn Bhd's and KPISoft (who now have changed its name to Entomo), the firm that had developed the MySejahtera application.
This comes after two of KPISoft's founders Tan Sri Shahril Shamsuddin and Tan Sri Megat Najmuddin are also directors at MySJ Sdn Bhd.
Anwar also explained that Shahril was a former chief executive at Sapura Energy until March 31, 2021, while Megat is a former Umno division chief who is now a senior leader in Bersatu.
"81.4 per cent shares of MySJ Sdn Bhd is owned by another company called Revolution Asia Sdn. Bhd where 88 per cent belongs to the founders of KPISoft.
"In other words, 71.2 per cent shares of MySJ Sdn Bhd is owned by two KPISoft founders who developed the MySejahtera application. To say there is no connection between KPISoft and MySJ Sdn Bhd is dishonest,” he said.