By : MELISSA CHI (TMI)
DATUK SERI Shahrizat Abdul Jalil refused to comment on Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s call for her to resign over the RM250 million National Feedlot Centre (NFC) scandal.
The former Prime Minister, who is still highly influential in Umno, told reporters yesterday that the Wanita Umno chief should leave before being ‘chased out’ by her party.
The Women, Family And Community Development Minister was asked by The Malaysian Insider to comment on Dr Mahathir’s remark after the launch of the Permata Expo at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre here today.
But the senator waved away questions before leaving the event. Shahrizat has been plagued for weeks by the controversy over the RM250 million NFC project awarded to her family.
The former Lembah Pantai MP had gained the support of both the Youth and her Wanita wings of Umno last week after denying any wrongdoing in the controversial national cattle-farming project.
But other leaders including senior Sabah Umno MP Datuk Bung Mokhtar Radin have called for Shahrizat to step down instead of ‘troubling us’.
PKR has promised more revelations of abuse of power in the project after various allegations surrounding the ‘loans’ of over RM84 million given by the NFC to companies owned by Shahrizat’s family including RM13.8 million for two luxury condominiums in Bangsar.
The scandal has led to the ongoing police investigation for criminal breach of trust. The Auditor-General’s Report released last month had criticised the NFC, pointing out that it was now ‘in a mess’.
The report said production in 2010 was only 3,289 head of cattle or 41.1 per cent of the target set.
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