NFC: It was not a raid, MACC paid us a visit and we fully co-operated

The National Feedlot Corporation has issued a statement clarifying that it was not raided by the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission on Friday as reported by the press.

"As part of the ongoing investigations, Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission (MACC) officers visited National Feedlot Corporation Sdn Bhd today. The management and staff welcomed the visit and extended their full cooperation," NFC's public relations consultant Ghazali Abdullah said in a statement faxed to the media.

"It is the view of the National Feedlot Corporation that this afternoon's visit by the MACC was not a raid as reported. The company regrets that it is improper to comment any further as investigations are ongoing."

'Sandiwara'

But visit or raid, MACC officers carted away a desktop computer’s central processing unit (CPU) and four documents from the NFC office at Solaris Mont Kiara after questioning the staff for some 2 hours..

According to Supt Wan Abdul Rahman Wan Mohd Salleh, he and other officers from Putrajaya MACC left the offices of the scandal-hit company at Solaris Mont Kiara here at 4.50pm after questioning staff for two hours.

NFC runs the National Feedlot Centre in Gemas, which burst into national prominence after the Auditor-General highlighted the publicly funded cattle-raising project as being  “a mess” in his report this year.

NFC is headed by Salleh Ismail, the husband of Umno minister Shahrizat Jalil. Their children are also directors in the company. Opposition party PKR had lodged complaints with the MACC against alleged mismangement of funds.

"We had expected another drama, so we are not surprised. This afternoon's raid is just for show. They won't dig too deep into Shahrizat's record as the Umno elite  erformance as Najib Razak and ,"

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