By Yow Hong Chieh
The Malaysian Insider
Jan 26, 2012
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 26 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak should use his powers as prime minister to expedite the probe into the National Feedlot Corporation (NFCorp), a former senior police officer said today.
Former city CID chief Datuk Mat Zain Ibrahim said Najib could instruct the police, graftbusters and the Attorney-General’s Chambers to finish investigating the scandal-hit livestock company within a fortnight.
“Straightforward criminal breach of trust cases like [NFCorp] need at most two weeks,” he said in a statement.
“If the PM says he can’t interfere in the investigation or decision to prosecute, that’s just a weak and childish excuse.”
Mat Zain pointed out that in 1998, then-Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad had ordered him to quickly wrap up the high-profile investigation into Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s black eye, failing which a royal commission of inquiry (RCI) would be set up to look into the police force.
He noted that Dr Mahathir formed the RCI on January 27, 1999 as promised when the results of the investigation were allegedly stalled by the Attorney-General.
“Based on existing precedent, Najib has no reason to draw out this NFC issue beyond two weeks,” Mat Zain stressed, saying that Putrajaya’s move to appoint an auditor to look into NFCorp’s books was a delaying tactic.
He added that the appointment of the auditor would waste more taxpayers’ money and was a slight to the integrity of the Auditor-General, who had been appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
“It is very unfair to the people if Najib is willing to destroy the credibility of royal institutions like the Auditor-General just to protect Shahrizat,” he said.
NFCorp hit the headlines following last year’s Auditor-General’s Report, and has continued to hog the limelight after it was linked to federal minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Jalil’s family.
The publicly funded company is headed by her husband, Datuk Seri Mohamad Salleh Ismail. Their three children also hold executive posts in the company.
PKR has since made several revelations relating to the scandal, including NFCorp’s purchase of two luxury condominium units in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur, and the alleged use of project funds to pay for Shahrizat and her family’s personal expenses.
The opposition party has also alleged that Shahrizat’s family used nearly RM600,000 from NFCorp’s funds to settle their credit card bills in 2009.
But the management of NFCorp has maintained that the credit card expenses were solely for business purposes.
It has also denied allegations that funds from the RM250 million government loan were channelled into its accounts before the loan agreement was signed.
Shahrizat applied for three weeks’ leave from her duties earlier this month after new allegations of bribery surfaced.
Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin announced last week Putrajaya would appoint an auditor to scrutinise NFCorp’s books in light of accusations made against the company.
Three words to describe the government’s actions or lack thereof:
Deny, delay and desist!
Learn fr d Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) of d little red dot – WITHOUT fear n favor – it had arrested d former chiefs of SCDF and CNB under d Prevention of Corruption Act (PCA), NO play play 1
M’sia is an infamous corrupt nation n a larfing stock
Najib has to protect Shahrizat ….for both are from the same boat…thieves and rouges.
Najib has Rosmah to protect too.
Mahathir can fool Malaysians quite easily .during his 22 years.
It was totally different scenario…..compared to now.
Why has Mohamad Salleh Ismail failed to sue the dap or pkr to the wild public allegations regarding corruption in his NFC?
A. Because he has no money left to sue or buy susu
B. Because he knows he will lose in any court
C. Because the allegations are true and can be proven
D. Because he needs not pay back the RM300 million loan
Ah Jib Pek, I would like to get a RM300 million soft loan @2% annual interest from you to start a camel-rearing National Feed-a-lot-more Corp in Putrajaya.
Why camel-rearing, you might ask. Well, think of the billions of petrol dollars saved when people start riding camels instead of driving cars. You just feed the camels some grass once a week and viola, you can gallop down the North -South Expressway at 90 mph without having to pay tolls!
By exporting those magnificent camels world-wide, my National Feed-a-lot-more Corp will be able to make a profit in just 1 week!
Looking forward to your RM300 million loan,
I am,
Yours truly,
Ah K Gor
Aiyah she is only a melayu celup apa. Why protect her? Umno tu bukan protector of melayu ke? Just let her face the music. Senang. Tak payah complicated sangat.
This is a classic example of how UMNO politicians and families enrich themselves through blatant corruption, and protect each other from being detected and prosecuted. This is only the tip of the iceberg. At the end of it, they will receive the bad karma they deserve.
Me guess would be that, should this case be properly investigated it would spiral into a bigger can of worms. Said person would probably be involved in more than one scheme and have business associates.