Dewan Rakyat Speaker rejects NFC motion, cites court case

By Shannon Teoh

March 13, 2012

NFCorp chairman Datuk Seri Mohamed Salleh Ismail was charged in court yesterday. — file pic

KUALA LUMPUR, March 13 — Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia has disallowed an emergency motion to discuss the RM250 million National Feedlot Corporation (NFCorp) controversy today despite earlier approving it for debate, citing a criminal case on the same issue.

NFCorp chairman Datuk Seri Mohamed Salleh Ismail was charged in court yesterday with two counts of criminal breach of trust and two counts of violating the Companies Act. The food scientist is married to Wanita Umno chief Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil.

“At first I allowed it to be read but now the matter has been brought to court. So I cannot do as I please.

“It cannot be discussed as it has been brought to the judiciary,” said the Dewan Rakyat Speaker.

Wanita PKR chief Zuraida Kamaruddin had tabled the motion saying it was in the public interest as it involved the abuse of a RM250 million federal loan.

“My motion concerns the role of the finance and agriculture ministers in awarding this project and not just the chairman of the company.

“If it had been done properly none of this would have happened,” said the Ampang MP who led calls for Shahrizat to quit politics over the scandal.

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