PROSIGNAL Consortium Sdn Bhd, the private company behind the TuJu navigation app, has a sitting state assemblyman and a former inspector-general of police among its directors, according to news portal Malaysiakini.
The company has come under scrutiny since Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim urged road users to switch from Waze to the local app on national security grounds.
Prosignal’s website lists Selat Klang assemblyman Datuk Abdul Rashid Asari, a former Bersatu member, as an executive director. Rashid chaired the Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM) from June 2020 to August 2022.
LLM signed a memorandum of understanding with Prosignal on May 26, 2022, while he was chairman.
Rashid told Malaysiakini the idea for the app was his. He said the LLM board approved his proposal, and only then did he invite Prosignal to do the project, without an open tender. He denied any political element and said Prosignal paid for the app itself.
It is not yet clear when Rashid joined Prosignal’s board. Public records have not yet shown whether he held any stake or other interest in the company when the deal was signed.
Prosignal’s website also lists former inspector-general of police Tan Sri Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani as a non-executive director.
According to Companies Commission of Malaysia records, Prosignal was incorporated on Aug 17, 2021, about nine months before the LLM deal. It has RM2mil in share capital:
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Edzreen Din, deputy chairman and managing director, holds 65%.
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Kintan Bersama Sdn Bhd holds 30%.
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Executive director Manan Amir holds 5%.
The website previously listed Datuk Muhammed Abdullah, the Undang of Luak Johol in Negeri Sembilan, as group executive chairman, and Bashah A Aziz as a non-executive director. Both names have since been removed.
At the 2022 signing, Prosignal was represented by its then managing director Mohd Azrul Fauzi Baharon. Edzreen, then executive chairman, was the witness. — Oct 24, 2026
Main photo credit: FMT
