There is no need to comply with opposition demands for a royal commission of inquiry (RCI) to investigate the National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) which operates the Gemas cattle-rearing project.
This is because the investigations into NFC are sufficient, Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin (right) said today.
"Maybe the opposition wants to see the programme fail, so that it can claim it is right," Muhyiddin hit back at a press conference in Putrajaya.
He said that other than the National Audit Department and a due dilligence study by a government-appointed independent auditor, NFC is also under the microscope of the police commercial crimes investigation division and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission.
"These are sufficient enough... And when complete, we will get to the bottom of the matter.
"Of course, there may be some improvements that are needed to invigorate the project," the Pagoh MP added.
Muhyiddin was responding to opposition calls for an RCI to be convened to probe the controversial company owned and operated by family members of federal minister Shahrizat Abdul Jalil.
The headline-grabbing company became the target of public ridicule and opposition brickbats after PKR raised a few unrelated expenses by NFC on the purchase of luxury condos, prime land and overseas trips by her family members.
Agriculture and Agro-Based Industries Minister Noh Omar went as far as absolving the NFC of any failure or wrongdoing.
Noh cited government failure to prepare 130 satellite farms, a proper abattoir and the sudden pullout of Australian cattle firm Lambert as being behind the hiccups in the national feedlot project.
Earlier today, DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang said a series of events, including the late release of the Auditor-General’s report criticising the NFC, the authorities’ slow reaction to investigate and Muhyiddin’s continued refusal for an RCI were evidence of a “grand conspiracy to bury the matter”.
“All in all, the building blocks are a grand conspiracy to cover up the NFC ‘cattle condo’ scandal,” Lim said in a statement today, adding that this “grand conspiracy” must not be allowed to succeed.
“Patriotic Malaysians, regardless of race, religion or political affiliation, should unite as one to demand in a loud and clear voice a royal commission of inquiry into the NFC ‘cattle condo’ scandal,” he said.
He said that other than the National Audit Department and a due dilligence study by a government-appointed independent auditor, NFC is also under the microscope of the police commercial crimes investigation division and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission.
"These are sufficient enough... And when complete, we will get to the bottom of the matter.
"Of course, there may be some improvements that are needed to invigorate the project," the Pagoh MP added.
Muhyiddin was responding to opposition calls for an RCI to be convened to probe the controversial company owned and operated by family members of federal minister Shahrizat Abdul Jalil.
The headline-grabbing company became the target of public ridicule and opposition brickbats after PKR raised a few unrelated expenses by NFC on the purchase of luxury condos, prime land and overseas trips by her family members.
Agriculture and Agro-Based Industries Minister Noh Omar went as far as absolving the NFC of any failure or wrongdoing.
Noh cited government failure to prepare 130 satellite farms, a proper abattoir and the sudden pullout of Australian cattle firm Lambert as being behind the hiccups in the national feedlot project.
Earlier today, DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang said a series of events, including the late release of the Auditor-General’s report criticising the NFC, the authorities’ slow reaction to investigate and Muhyiddin’s continued refusal for an RCI were evidence of a “grand conspiracy to bury the matter”.
“All in all, the building blocks are a grand conspiracy to cover up the NFC ‘cattle condo’ scandal,” Lim said in a statement today, adding that this “grand conspiracy” must not be allowed to succeed.
“Patriotic Malaysians, regardless of race, religion or political affiliation, should unite as one to demand in a loud and clear voice a royal commission of inquiry into the NFC ‘cattle condo’ scandal,” he said.
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