Women, Family and Community Development Minister Shahrizat Abdul Jalil declared today her family deserves the National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) project, which they own and manage.
Replying to reporters this afternoon after almost two weeks of silence over the controversy, Shahrizat said: "They deserve it (the NFC) because they work very hard."
She also commended the ministers who had answered questions and tackled criticisms over the matter.
"The agriculture and agro-industries minister has responded, and I have been informed, the answers are quite clear... I am happy because the ministry will monitor the project," she said after officiating an arts exhibition in Kuala Lumpur this afternoon.
Barking back at her detractors who have questioned the propriety of her family members being awarded the project, and criticisms centering on its currently troubled state of affairs, Shahrizat said what her family does not deserve is all the brickbats that have been thrown over the matter.
"I think my family does not deserve to get this kind of thing (being) said by the opposition," she added.
'We are not easily broken'
Shahrizat also accused the opposition of seeking to use the controversy against Umno and BN's women's wings.
"To me, I see this as part of a political agenda. This is an attempt by the opposition to weaken the spirit and actions of Umno Wanita.
"We are not so easily broken," she asserted.
"I have been in politics for a long time. They (the opposition) are not really interested in the NFC (itself).
"It is directed to me, as Umno Wanita chief, and as BN Wanita chairperson," she added.
Shahrizat trained her sights particularly, on her counterpart in Pakatan Rakyat, PKR Wanita chief Zuraida Kamaruddin, for implicating her family in the project.
"Their political agenda is very clear. They are shaky, just like that PKR Wanita chief. I'm ashamed that a Malaysian woman can be like that," she sneered.
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