He said that the government should handle the matter wisely and “not be influenced by public opinion”.

“The PAC (Public Accounts Committee) should be more sensitive in its probe, especially regarding the LCS as it involves national security and it is still under investigation,” Zahid said on Facebook.

Recently, former defence minister Mohamad Sabu and his former deputy, Liew Chin Tong, had demanded several documents on the LCS project  be declassified.

They agreed with the call by the PAC for the governance, procurement and finance investigation committee’s report on the procurement of the six ships to be fully declassified but added that the project’s forensic audit report by Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd (BNS) and the former navy commander’s letter must also be declassified.

Last week, the PAC, in releasing its findings on the LCS project, revealed that the defence ministry and BNS had ignored the navy’s views on the project.

PAC chairman Wong Kah Woh had said the initial Sigma model ships chosen by the navy were approved by the defence ministry only for this to be changed later to the Gowind design on July 11, 2011, after BNS recommended it to the then defence minister three days earlier.

Zahid was among the top officials summoned by the PAC.

The others summoned included current defence minister Hishammuddin Hussein, defence ministry secretary-general Muez Abd Aziz, former auditor-general Ambrin Buang, current navy chief Mohd Reza Sany and BNS’ CEO and chief operating officer.

Wong said not a single ship had been completed although RM6 billion had been spent by Putrajaya on the project given to BNS via direct negotiations, adding that the navy should have received five of the ships by August.