COMMENT | Khairy, why not scrap MySejahtera?

QUESTION TIME | Even as Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin prepares to make his explanations on the continuation of MySejahtera today at the Dewan Negara, more questions keep piling up for him to address, including issues of foreign ownership of the app and whether it is indeed necessary anymore.

Before we go into those questions, a quick recap of some of the latest news articles that have emerged since we pointed out holes in his statement on Tuesday and an outline of the issues.

The outrage arises over the proposed assignment of a continuation contract to MySJ which is supposedly linked to the original developers of the app, KPISoft Sdn Bhd, now known as Emtomo Malaysia Sdn Bhd. Here is a good factual explanation of the whole episode.

MySJ is reported to be the vehicle of Entomo for the public-private partnership of MySejahatera. Controversially among its directors are prominent people such as Eco World Development Group Bhd executive chairperson Liew Kee Sin and executive director and chief financial officer Heah Kok Boon, alongside Sapura Energy Bhd founder and former chief executive officer Shahril Shamsuddin. Also among the directors is Bersatu disciplinary board chairperson Megat Najmuddin Megat Khas.

Health portal Code Blue also reported that MySJ agreed to pay RM338.6 million for the rights to the intellectual property associated with the app in October 2020 and these rights will continue until the end of 2025.

It now transpires that Entomo is wholly owned by a Singapore-registered company. According to a company search on Singapore’s Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) by...