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Finally, Shahrizat's husband speaks up: But holy cow, what an unlikely story!
Salleh Ismail, a father of Umno Women's arch Shahrizat Jalil, carrying received ! a RM250 million to develop a cattle attention in Malaysia, soon turns around as well as purchases dual luxury apartments in Bangsar.
Caught in a act, he maintains a guilty overpower for days, prior to finally emerging, similar to a flat-tailed worm from under a slightly wet rock, to try to urge this without protection abuse of a open certitude which is a NFC scandal. He was accompanied by a a a single preferred counsel of Umno miscreants, Shafee Abdullah, whose oily presence itself can in all be taken as a certain sign of guilt.
The logic of Shahrizat's husband
Going by Salleh's perverted logic, a single could procure a multi-hundred million ringgit loan from open funds, purportedly to commence some project for a open good, as well as afterwards splurge it how a single likes. You could buy land in a Yukon, certain to go up within a next 3 or 4 hundred years, or drill for diamonds in a Antarctic, or crisscross a Sahara with irrigation channels for little Tuareg young kids to swim in.
Or any alternative dainty ideas which start to we as we sit around in Bangsar cafes, twiddling your thumbs whilst wondering how to profit from your spouse's domestic career.
You could additionally invest in real-estate, always a certain thing. Except in 2008, when some of a largest monetary institutions in a world, including Lehman, would go broke betting which a real-estate marketplace would stay up. It di! dn't.
Good investment or Criminal Breach of Trust
Why would a Malaysian government give carte blanche ! to a N FC to draw down upon open supports which would afterwards be channeled to purposes alternative than which for which it was disbursed. Is it not rapist crack of certitude to do this?
There is additionally a actuality which RM800,000 was spent upon travel for a 'directors' of NFC, who spin out to be Shahrizat's children. Salleh Ismail voiced which they did not fly First Class. Did they afterwards fly Business Class with open funds? It is an outrage. Executives of MNCs with multi-billion dollar revenues fly Economy these days. There have been of course, more abuses; 'donations' to Umno politicians as well as monies paid to Shahrizat Jalil being among them.
Instant cows!
Salleh Ismail additionally disputed a Auditor General's inform which discharged a NFC project as a failure. Salleh certified however, to buying cattle from Australia as well as afterwards re-selling them. This is all a NFC appears to have done. The NFC feeds a cattle prior to they have been sold. A curious way indeed to 'develop' a Malaysian cattle industry.
Along a way, Salleh compared cattle to palm trees, as if he was in a Lewis Carroll poem. He additionally offered to 'produce' 60,000 heads of cattle in 2015. By buying them from Australia, no doubt.
The cattle were shown upon TV being held in crowded, murky holding pens, looking uncomfortable as well as miserable. Clearly a veterinary services department should be questioning a NFC for possible Animal Cruelty to these poor beasts, as well as for cleanliness violations. As should a MACC be questioning a NFC for possible ! corrupti on.
In fact, it seems only a RCI will be able to clear up all a questions thrown up by this NFC scandal.
Why is no a single taking responsibility
Again, we lapse to a question of oversight.
How is it which a Agriculture Ministry did nothing about all these shameful going-ons during a NFC? How is it which a Finance Ministry was sleeping upon a pursuit as well as did not notice what was happening?
The Finance Minister is Najib Razak, additionally a Prime Minister. He is twice culpable. It is Najib, ultimately, who is obliged for this snub perpetrated upon a struggling Malaysian taxpayer.
As for Shahrizat Jalil, if she had any understanding of a notion of burden or during all had any clarity of honour, she would have quiescent by now. She does not appear to, as well as will not. Whoever heard of a BN Minister who took responsibility as well as resigned?
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Businessman says Khairy non-factor in ECM Libras RM330m valuation
KUALA LUMPUR, November 18 Businessman Datuk Seri Kalimullah Hassan denied currently Khairy Jamaluddins impasse with ECM Libra Bhd resulted in the investment banks gratefulness to climb to RM330 million in the retreat takeover of South Peninsular Industries (SPI) in Mar 2004.
The former New Straits Times Press (NSTP) deputy authority told the High Court here in his defamation fit against counsel Matthias Chang which the son-in-law of then-Prime Minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi only assimilated the association as the junior staff after the understanding was done.
Changs counsel Datuk R. Kamalanathan had pronounced which ECM Libra was scheming to make the Rembau MP the shareholder upon the basement of his relationship with the budding minister, who was additionally the finance minister, allowing the board of directors to worth the association at 10 times the projected earnings for the year.
Absolutely not true. Khairy is not relevant. That is wrong as well as scurrilous, Kalimullah (picture) said.
He pronounced the gratefulness was formed upon industry norms as well as the peaceful buyer, peaceful seller basis, citing Kencana Petroleums recent twenty-five times gratefulness in the merger with SapuraCrest.
Kalimullah pronounced there is nothing wrong with employing Khairy as the executive in ECM Libra for his connectors though stressed which this was not only politicians though with industries, this is how commercial operation is done.
Wouldnt we agree which this is entirely corrupt? Stealing the impetus upon an typical authority who has no connections? Kamalanathan asked.
Then every investment landowner in town is corrupt, Kalimullah replied.
Kalimullah is suing Chang for RM50 million for allegedly calling him the hypocrite as well as hurtful in his role in ECM Libra, the investment promissory note organisation! where c urrently he sits as shareholder as well as non-executive chairman, during the press conference upon June 13, 2006.
The remarks were subsequently published in an article in Singapores Straits Times the following day.
Umno Youth arch Khairy has applied to give up from testifying in the fit after being subpoenaed by Chang, who was once former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamads political secretary, to infer his defence of qualified privilege, fair criticism as well as justification.
ECM Libras retreat takeover of loss-making listed SPI allowed it to be listed upon Bursa Malaysia.
Hearing continues this afternoon.
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Nik Aziz tells of another 'blatant robbery' of Kelantan's oil wealth
Kelantan Menteri Besar Tuan Guru Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat has oral out against a de! cision t o construct 300 kilometres of undersea pipes joining a state's oil as well as gas province of Malay Basin to Kerteh, Terengganu.
The preference was taken in sequence to send a raw material from Kelantan H2O to land it directly within Terengganu.
In a posting upon Facebook, Nik Aziz described a act as "blatant robbery".
"The alighting of gas as well as condensate from Nort! h Malay Basin in Kelantan's H2O to Kerteh, Terengganu is not economic as well as is an additional obvious robbery of a state's natural resources.
"What is a motive of transferring Kelantan's natural resources to Terengganu when alighting them in a same state where they are extracted will be cheaper as well as some-more economical," he wrote, adding which a BN-led Federal supervision was not treating Kelantan as a sovereign state.
Nik Aziz's censure centres upon a Surya as well as Bumi oil fields located north of a Malay Basin (see map) which furnish 60,000 oil armoured column a day, or 21.6 million armoured column a year.
The sum income is we estimate RM5.24 billion annually, out of which RM262 million should be paid to Kelantan as a 5 per cent royalty.
Nik Aziz pronounced Kelantan will urge Petronas to recur a decision, observant it did not make sense to outlay RM15 billion upon a pipes in sequence to land a resources 300 km away, instead of 100km if channeled to Kelantan.
"The state supervision is appealing for a resources to be landed in Kelantan as they originated from our soil. we will be writing officially to budding apportio! n Najib Razak to concede a alighting to be finished in Kelantan in a seductiveness of a people," he added.
Kelantan is currently sealed in a brawl with a Federal government, accusing a latter of not paying a 5 percent share of oil royalties. Last week, it intensified a campaign by printing posters carrying a statement by Najib's father, a late Tun Abdul Razak, assuring each state in a nation of kingship for a oil.
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NFC saga continues with revelation of money for Shahrizat
As UMNO leaders continued to defend embattled National Feedlot Corporation against explanation of abuse of ! governme nt funds, PKR has disclosed some-more irregularities upon a company's transaction.
This time, it is in a form of income paid to Wanita UMNO head as well as Women, Family as well as Community minister, Shahrizat Abdul Jalil whose family members had commercial operation interests in a NFC.
PKR secretary ubiquitous Saifuddin Nasution revealed 4 exchange by NFC between 2008 as well as 2009, display it paid RM26,400 for Shahrizat's expenses during a early stage.
"If true which NFC has nothing to do with Shahrizat, she should not have any traffic with this company, far less regulating a money," pronounced Saifuddin.
Saying Shahrizat should explain how a income was spent, a Machang member of parliament pronounced she contingency also explain because NFC had paid RM398,640 to two of a directors, Shahrizat's father Mohamad Salleh Ismail as well as son Wan Shahinur Izran Mohamad in 2009, being rental of NFC's bureau in Mont Kiara.
Saifuddin also questioned concession of cows by a public-funded NFC to Works apportion Shaziman Mansor upon September 1, 2009 as well as Negeri Sembilan state representative Yunus upon Nov 30, 2009, value RM5,281.87 as well as RM2,640.93 respectively.
"Going by a identical indictment involving Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim prior to this, a Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission will have to investigate NFC, Shaziman as well as Yunus for removing a public-funded cows," he said.
'Loan' not repaid
Saifuddin further pointed out which NFC had sole cows value RM70,000 in loa! ns to fo rmer Federal Territories apportion Zulhasnan Rafique in 2008, who only paid for them in 2009.
He combined which if in truth a RM250 million since to NFC by a supervision were loan as claimed by UMNO leaders, then NFC had yet to make any repayment.
"After receiving a RM250 million loan, NFC has yet to lapse a singular cent to a supervision in any form together with a 2 percent seductiveness of loan. If this is in truth a loan as UMNO alleges, NFC should be paying back RM5 million per annum to use a loan," stressed Saifuddin.
Earlier, deputy prime apportion Muhyiddin Yassin, who was t! he Agric ulture apportion when a NFC plan was awarded Shahrizat's family, pronounced a former Lembah Pantai MP should not resign.
This got a reply from PAS deputy boss Mohamad Sabu, who called Muhyiddin's matter "pathetic".
"Well, Muhyiddin is surely wakeful which he too would have to resign because he was a Agriculture as well as Agro-based Minister when a cow plan was awarded to Shahrizat," pronounced Mat Sabu.
--harakahdaily
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MACC confirms NFC report sent to CCID chief, not IGP
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has clarified which it had referred the National Feedlot Centre (NFC) "cattle condo" liaison to the Commercial Crimes Investigation Department (CCID) executive as well as not the Inspector-General of Police (IGP).
In the matter late yesterday, the graft-busting group reliable which the report, alleging crime in the NFC's controversial squeeze of multimillion ringgit common ownership units, was delivered to the CCID executive upon Wednesday.
"MACC confirms which the inform received pertaining to NFC had been sent to the executive of blurb crime upon November 16... the inform was destined to blurb crime executive as well as not to the IGP," the MACC corporate communication conduct pronounced in the statement.
The MACC orator reiterated the box would not be handled by the group as it concerned an corruption underneath the Penal Code, which comes underneath the jurisdiction of the police.
"The inform shall not be investigated by MACC underneath the MACC Act 2009 as advised," the orator added.
Federal military chief Tan Sri Ismail Omar denied yesterday which the military had received any inform upon the NFC liaison from the MACC.
"So far, I've not received anything yet," he told reporters at the duty in Shah Alam.
He had initially appeared surprised when asked to comment upon the matter, indicating out which the box should be handled by the MACC.
MACC pronounced upon Monday it would not examine the controversial RM10 million squeeze of the common ownership by the federally-funded NFC project, claiming it was the box for the military to hoop as it concerned an corruption underneath the Penal Code.
The NFC owners have also clarified the squeeze usually cost RM6.9 million.
In the statement, the group pronounced it had already referred the box to the police, ! adding w hich this was in line with recommendation from the Anti-Corruption Advisory Board to usually examine offences underneath the MACC Act.
PKR was first to claim of crime in the squeeze of the multimillion ringgit common ownership belonging to the National Meat as well as Livestocks Corporation (NMLC), the association wholly-owned by Women, Family as well as Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Jalil's family.
Its secretary-general, Saifuddin Nasution, pronounced the luxury unit at One Menerung, Bangsar, was recorded by NFC, the cattle-farming plan managed by the minister's family, as partial of the RM83 million "loan" to NMLC.
But Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin savaged the party for the allegations, claiming the apartment house was bought as an investment when the NMLC found itself with excess supports when the supervision ran out of supports to develop satellite cattle farms.
The Auditor-General's Report released last month had criticised the NFC, indicating out which it was now "in the mess". The inform pronounced production in 2010 was usually 3,289 conduct of cattle or 41.1 per cent of the aim set.
But Agriculture Minister Datuk Seri Noh Omar responded upon Oct 31 which the plan was the success as well as had met the targets.
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RM70k rental for cattle condo unbelievable, say property gurus
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 The reported RM70,000 in monthly let for not a single but dual condominiums owned by a National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) has skill consultants as well as genuine estate agents jolt their heads in disbelief.
The experts say which a top let which can be expected for even a penthouse during Bangsar's One Menerung common ownership is about RM24,000 per month.
File print of PKR members holding cinema of a One Menerung condominiums, outward a Selangor MACC office in Shah Alam on Nov 10, 2011. Picture by Choo Choy May
The NFC additionally pronounced yesterday which a let yield for a dual condominiums had hit 12.9 per cent, which is far in excess of a attention benchmark of 3 per cent or less.
"Who is a tenant?" asked a single maestro skill consultant. "It is unbelievable. To get RM70,000 for a common ownership is unheard of. Usually when renters compensate some-more than RM15,000 they design to get a total oppulance bungalow."
He forked out which multinationals were very unlikely to have such a outrageous budget for lease as well as wealthy Arab businessmen would prefer to buy their own place rather than rent.
Real estate agents for One Menerung contacted by The Malaysian Insider pronounced which it was "not possible" to get RM70,000 in monthly lease as well as which it would be difficult to find any a single peaceful to compensate even RM4 a sq ft.
Figures from a gratefulness inform on One Menerung performed by The Malaysian Insider pegged rents for a penthouse during about R! M24,000 as well as in between RM14,000 as well as RM17,000 for a not as big units below 5,000 sq ft.
"Nobody would compensate RM70,000 for a condo," pronounced a single valuer.
NFC senior manager authority Datuk Mohamad Salleh Ismail reportedly pronounced during a press discussion yesterday which it bought dual condominiums during RM6.9 million as well as rented them out during RM70,000 a month, giving a yield of some 12.9 per cent. The size of a purchased units was not reported.
Salleh had additionally pronounced which if it had put a income in bound deposit instead, it would have earned usually 2.6 per cent to 3.25 per cent returns.
Many oppulance condominiums in a city however have had a tough time anticipating tenants with some landlords carrying to dump rents by as most as 50 per cent.
Property consultancy DTZ pronounced in its third entertain inform last Thursday which it expects demand for oppulance residential units in KL to be delayed with overall rents for high-end condominiums during about RM3.50 per sq ft.
Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin had pronounced last week which a NFC motionless to use supports earmarked for a feedlot programme to deposit in oppulance condominiums after a supervision ran out of income to rise heavenly body cattle farms as planned.
It has not been simplified however if a federally-funded NFC is authorised to have such alternative investments.
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'Feedlot project not in a mess'
Its chairman Mohamad Salleh Ismail pronounced as a 30-year stipulate was customarily in a third year, teething problems during initial theatre were to be expected.
"In fact, NFC has raised 8,016 head of cattle in 2010, surpassing a aim of 8,000 head of cattle.
"We have been importing cattle from Australia as well as we have to feed them for in between four as well as 6 months. We do not massacre them shortly after arrival.
"We will not massacre a cattle if there is no market. And when they have been not ! slaughte red, cattle feed costs will additionally increase," he pronounced when commenting upon a Auditor-General's Report during a NSC office in Gemas today.
The AG's Report pronounced that NFC was in a mess as well as a production final year were customarily 3,289 head of cattle or 41 per cent of a aim set.
Mohamad Salleh pronounced during a outset of a operation in 2009, NFC had nonetheless to find a marketplace whilst a abattoir was customarily authorized in Apr that year, halal acceptance dual months later as well as a Veterinary Health Mark, that was mandatory prior to beef could be sold, in 2010.
He pronounced NFC additionally needed to send a employees for precision to acquire specific skills to run a operation.
On a bad condition of a highway leading to a farm, he pronounced it was a ! open hig hway as well as a maintenance was not enclosed in NFC's budget.
NFC is land a contention with applicable ministries to plant grass upon a highway shoulder whilst a shop-worn pond will be remade in stages, he added.
Mohamad Salleh pronounced a plantation had usually been influenced by floods when it was visited by officers from a Auditor-General's Department.
The headlines conference was additionally attended by NFC lawyer Mohamed Shafee Abdullah, corporate as well as monetary expert Zakaria Mohammad as well as executive Wan Shahinur Izmir Mohamad Salleh.
RM250 million not a grant
NFC performed a loan of RM250 million from a government as well as it is not a grant, pronounced Mohamad Salleh.
He pronounced a loan must be repaid as any blurb loan, despite certain concessions given.
The RM250 million, during an seductiveness rate of dual per cent, was repayable commencing upon a third year of full value of a pronounced loan as well as upon execution of a building a whole of an trade peculiarity abattoir, he said.
"Currently a loan has not been fully disbursed to a NFC. There is RM69 million of a remaining loan to be utilised," he told a press conference to address allegations by PKR upon a NFC's performance.!
Mohammad Salleh pronounced a loan was placed in Special Loans Account though a drawdown routine was compulsory prior to supports could be utilized by a NFC.
On a claim that a Meatworks sequence of restaurants perceived special bonus amounting to RM2.9 million in 2009, Mohammad Salleh pronounced a same bonus was perceived by all 70 business it had during that time.
Creating Meatworks as a brand name in selling peculiarity beef had enabled NFC to dig in ! to an al ready firmly managed as well as tranquil market, Mohammad Salleh said.
"People cannot hold that Malaysia can produce good peculiarity premium meat," he added.
On a aloft price of NFC cattle compared to cows purchased in Malaysia, Mohammad Salleh pronounced a NFC cows customarily weighed 70-100 per! cent mo re than local cows.
Mohammad Salleh pronounced NFC now had 150 client companies as well as a couple of of a biggest clients were Jusco, Giant as well as Cold Storage.
NFC granted 46 per cent of a beef to soppy markets, 20 per cent to hypermarkets, 22 per cent went to processing beef for burgers as well as patties as well as customarily eleven per cent to hotels, restaurants as well as catering companies, he said.
He pronounced in a three years since a inception, NFC had managed to develop infrastructure such as feedlot, abattoir, feedstore as well as cold rooms.
Next year, he pronounced NFC would embark upon stipulate farming.
"We have already broken-even as well as design to register a profit," he added.
A place to play ground a money
Answering allegations by PKR that questioned a company's acquisition of common ownership units in Bangsar, Mohamad Salleh in asaid a purchase of dual units during a One Menerung common ownership amounting RM6.9 million each was a blurb preference to hedge unutilised supports for an abbatoir project, that was delayed though not during a fault of a NFC.
"We can put it in bound dep! osit though face loss of value because our inflation is higher.
"While waiting for a plan to start, we needed to find a place where we could play ground a money reduced for term, equivocate debasement as well as have increase almost yearly," he said.
Mohammad Salleh pronounced ideally, leaving a supports in bound deposits would be reduction argumentative though would not give a association a required yield from supports of this size.
NFC corporate as well as monetary expert Zakaria Mohammad pronounced a organisation perceived about RM700,000 remission per unit for dual years from a developers as well as they additionally done arrangement for NFC for a let of a units with a on trial yield during about RM200,000 per year.
NFC would have about RM3.6 million from both units for a initial dual years that have been 2010 as well as 2011, all of that would be credited to a NFC group, he said.
Mohammad Salleh pronounced a purpose of a loan since to NFC was undoubtly for cattle tillage as well as infrastructure.
Therefore, nonetheless shopping condos was a depart from a purpose of a loan, a properties were still kept in a name as well as books of a company.
It was a matter of converting a property behind in to cash during a preferred distinction as well as there was neither unfair enrichment nor dishonesty of any in isolation individuals, he added.
- Bernama
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NFC depends purchase of Luxury Condo Units
November 18, 2011
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NFC depends squeeze of Luxury Condo Units in Up-Market Bangsar
by Clara Chooi (11-17-2011)
Dogged by claims of irregularity, the National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) finally pennyless the silence today to defend the squeeze of multi-million oppulance condominum units in Bangsar as the "good business decision".
In the press lecture opened to comparison mainstream media organisations, the authority Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Salleh reasoned which the investment had helped produce better earnings for the NFC plan compared to keeping the income in the bank.
It was also suggested then which the NFC owns dual units at the upmarket condominium, as against to the single as formerly reported.
According to Berita Harian Online, however, Mohamad pronounced the common ownership units had cost over RM6 million each, instead of the RM9.8 million originally alleged by PKR.
Mohamad reportedly claimed which the money, if hold in the bank, would have only yielded 2.6 per cent in annual returns."[Real estate investment] can beget annual profits of up to 12.9 per cent as well as cash rebates as well as let produce of RM900,000 for the initial year, which is channelled to the association as well as not to any individual," the Malay every day quoted Mohamad as saying during the briefing.
The Berita Harian report, however, did not state if Mohamad, the father of Cabinet Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, had explained whether the federally-funded National Fe! edlot Ce ntre had been allowed to make such alternative investments.
"There have been still many projects underneath the NFC which have been yet to be carried out.As such, whilst waiting for their implementation, you figured the grant income which was yet to be used should be invested so you can beget profits," he said.
Despite disputing PKR's allegations of crime against his company, Mohamad pronounced he was yet to confirm if he should take legal movement against his accusers, quite PKR strategy executive Rafizi Ramli.
"The total family must sit together as well as discuss this before determining further what movement you should take," the every day quoted him as saying.
PKR was initial to expose details of the now-scandalised NFC plan as well as recently suggested which Mohamad's association had spent the whopping RM9.8 million to squeeze the common ownership unit.
Its secretary-general, Saifuddin Nasution, pronounced the oppulance apartment at One Menerung, Bangsar, was recorded by NFC, the cattle farming plan managed by the minister's family, as part of the RM83 million "loan" to NMLC.
But UMNO Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin savaged the party for the allegations, claiming the apartment house was paid for as an investment when the NMLC found itself with excess supports when the government ran out of supports to rise heavenly body cattle farms.
Khairy has also claimed the apartment house had appreciated in value given it was purchased. He did not, however, mention the let yield.Many genuine estate experts have resolved which Kuala Lumpur is confronting the bolt of oppulance properties, with let yields falling as most as 50 per cent in some cases.
The Auditor-General's Report expelled last month had criticised the NFC, pointing out which it was now "in the mess". The inform pronounced prolongation in 2010 was only 3,289 head of cattle or 41.1 per cent of the aim set.
Agriculture Minister Datuk Seri Noh Omar, however, responded upon Oct 31 which the p! lan is t he success as well as had met the targets.
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NFC beat target, says Shahrizats husband
Shahrizat's father as well as young kids operate a RM250 million NFC project. File pic
"In fact, [National Feedlot Corporation (NFC)] has raised 8,016 conduct of cattle in 2010, leading a aim of 8,000 conduct of cattle. We have been importing cattle from Australia as well as we have to feed them for in in between 4 as well as six months.
"We do not massacre them shortly after arrival," Mohamad Salleh, father to Cabinet Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Jalil, was reported observant in a Bernama Online inform today.
Today was a first time Mohamad had spoken up upon a brewing liaison which began after a RM250 million federally-funded plan made it in to a pages of a Auditor-General's Report for 2010.
The inform expelled last month had criticised a NFC, indicating out which it was now "in a mess". It further pronounced prolongation in 2010 was usually 3,289 conduct of cattle or 41.1 per cent of a aim set.
Mohamad's total currently echoed Agriculture Minister Datuk Seri Noh Omar's interpretation of a project's objectives
Noh formerly sensitive a Auditor-General "the total number of cattle brought in to a farm was 8,016 in in between 2008 as well as 2010."
"Of which total, 5,742 were slaughtered up to November 2010. Therefore, a aim of 8,000 cattle by 2010 was met. It (the NFC project) is a success," Noh told Parliament upon Oct 31.
The plan operated by Mohamad as well as his dual young kids ran in to further controversy when PKR suggested which RM9.8 million from supervision loans to a corporation was used to buy a luxury common ownership section in Bangsar.
During a press discussion today, Shahrizat's f! ather di sputed PKR's numbers as well as pronounced a plan had purchased not one but dual units of a condominium, adding which these had price over RM6 million each.
Umno Youth arch Khairy Jamaluddin progressing defended a common ownership squeeze as an investment when a plan found itself with additional liquidity after a supervision ran out of funds to rise heavenly body cattle farms.
Mohamad currently called a decision to squeeze a dual apartment house units "a great business decision" which reportedly yielded a claimed RM900,000 in rental during a first year.
Despite clamour for a plan to be investigated for irregularities, a Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has passed a case to a police by observant a make a difference should be probed under a Penal Code.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar currently said, however, which he has yet to embrace anything upon a make a difference from a MACC.
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Selangor: No state polls before June
Khalid pronounced his administration department needs a time to execute programmes announced in subsequent year's Budget. File pic
"This is because a state supervision wants programmes in a 2012 Budget which has been upheld by a state public to be carried out for at least 6 months commencement subsequent year," Khalid was quoted by Bernama Online today.
"Otherwise, it gives a impression which you do not caring about a people's welfare."
Penang, another Pakatan Rakyat-held state, voiced identical objections to early polls, with Chief Minister Lim Guan End observant he would not reason an early state choosing unless Putrajaya resolves several "major issues" prior to dissolving Parliament.
Among others, a issues embody electoral reforms now being studied by a parliamentary name committee, as well as a dissolution of security laws such as a Internal Security Act (ISA) as pledged by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak in September.
The statute Barisan Nasional government's charge will end usually in May 2013, though conjecture is rife which Najib will call early polls to avoid falling plant to an anticipated public recoil due to tellurian economic woes.
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Koh Tsu Koon: He's hot and he's cold
After a March 2008 General Elections which all though eliminated Gerakan from a Penang domestic scene, a celebration has ! unsuccessful t o find its feet given then. One could not think of a some-more demoralising or resounding rejection of their mandate, which gave a DAP a startle win, as well as being cast out in to oblivion.
Brains though no brawn
Party authority Koh Tsu Koon, with all his smarts as well as his doctorate should have seen this entrance from miles away. After helming Penang for eighteen years, he fell with a mighty bump onto a large raise of discontent, along with a rest of a Gerakan leaders who have helmed Penang along with him.
Serving underneath a mythological Lim Chong Eu as domestic secretary as well as then his arch aide, a single would have suspicion which Koh was neat for mass when he took a reins as Chief Minister. However, Penang never again reached a spectacular heights which his prototype achieved.
Though progress did come to Penang, it came slowly. Koh Tsu Khoon can tout which a building of a PISA indoor arena as well as a registration of Penang as an UNESCO World Heritage site as achievements during his tenure. However, his supervision was very! most in a Barisan Nasional fold, practising sealed tenders, cronyism, widespread crime as well as graft.
The Thinker
Katy Perry sums up Koh utterly nicely. As a man well known as "The Thinker", his indecisiveness as well as notoriety for apropos different his mind like a girl changes garments has turn folklore, both amongst Penangnites as well as his own party. Despite being entirely tri-lingual in B! ahasa Ma laysia, English as well as Mandarin, verbalise is all he appeared to be able of doing.
A part of of Penang's mercantile research unit told me once which a former Chief Minister used to get usually 3 hours of sleep a night as he was always low in thought. "Unfortunately, that's all he seemed means to do," she quipped to me with a smile.
After apropos Gerakan President in 2008, a picture of a celebration has sharply declined, often thanks to him. Gerakan was seen increasingly as Umno's lapdog, usually like a MCA as well as MIC. Koh appears physically frail, as well as which has translated to Gerakan's tumble from beauty as they had no voice or goal to affect real change.
Senator Koh
After losing his parliamentary bid, a brand new Najib administration department took pity upon him as well as a! ppointed him as a Senator as well as a Minister in a Prime Minister's department. This patently was met with transparent indignation with from a people. This man had mislaid a trust of a citizens which led him to be deserted in a polls, as well as yet a Prime Minister had a benevolence not usually make him a senator, though a Minister?!
To supplement salt to wound, a purpose given to a man important for being unable to make decisions was to take assign of a National Key Result Areas. It was so ironic. If he had done such a great job as Chief Minister of Penang, why did Gerakan lose so badly?
Obviously he was not very great during his brand new job, as well as shortly he was replaced by a some-more able Idris Jala. He has usually been floating about, making occasional appearances for his token existence in what is an already over-bloated cabinet.
Internal dissent
Calls for him to step down as well as dissenters within Gerakan proposed to rear their heads. He was undoubtedly deliberate a guilt as well as represents all is wrong with a party. In sequence to stop a rot, they had to cut of their conduct so to speak.
Wanita Gerakan Chief Tan ! Lian Hoe done transparent her gripes against his leadership during their inhabitant delegates discussion usually final month, calling upon him to be dauntless as well as "make decisions or step aside". Koh stepped up to contend which he wo! uld make a difficult decisions as well as lead a celebration by a subsequent election.
How things can shift so quickly.
Stepp! ing asid e most appropriate for Gerakan
With Koh announcing which he will not competition in a subsequent ubiquitous elections for possibly a state or parliamentary seats, we anticipate which many antithesis politicians would be disappointed which he is no longer a target, nor a claimant which they could have an easy win over.
I would try to speculate which a Prime Minister patently feels which Koh is not a 'winnable' candidate, as well as done this transparent to him during a meeting in Putrajaya with a BN heads upon Tuesday. Koh himself, should have seen this coming.
By stepping aside, this has also led to his successor, Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng to enter a discuss by observant which Umno wanted to sideline Koh. Although speculation was rife which Koh's 'sacrifice' would be to competition in a subsequent GE against a incredibly renouned Lim Guan Eng, though it appears which what he meant was 'self-sacrifice'.
No consternation Muhyiddin Yassin was so penetrating to accept a decision. Obviously this administration department has no faith in this Gerakan leader or his ability to stir a hearts as well as minds of a grassroots. Koh stepping in reserve gives a celebration a chance to reinvent themselves.
Uphill climb
However, it would be astray to contend which Koh is solely obliged for tarnishing a picture of a once-opposition party. Other contributors to a decline of Gerakan's popularity has to be a Penang duo of Tweedle-Dee as well as Tweedle-Dum, differently well known as Thor Teong Ghee as well as Baljit Singh, done infamous for giving a P! enang st ate supervision an 'F' for performance. The open reaction as well as scorn against this statement forced them to shelter back in to a hole, after being branded as carrying taken a people to 'Holland'.
Recent surveys show which Malays living in Penang view a state supervision as a 'Chinese' government, not a single of Pakatan Rakyat. Gerakan is viewed as improved deputy of Barisan Nasional, thus improved versed to protect their rights. However, prior to Gerakan as well as Umno burst for joy, open notice can very fast change.
Gerakan will be all though eliminated in a subsequent General Election, as well as even Umno would onslaught in Penang which has turned in to a DAP stronghold. Nevertheless, with Koh relocating on, they will have a integrate of years to take a time to rouse a picture of a party.
Unfortunately a greatest obstacle would be voi! cing out dissent against Umno, so maybe a most appropriate thing to do for themselves as well as a people, is to repel from a Barisan Nasional coalition. As prolonged as they sojourn in BN, they shall continue to be an insufficient party.
Douglas Tan is a DAP part of as well as a Malaysia Chronicle columnist
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Hasan Ali: Muslims being converted by solar-powered talking bible
Hasan pronounced Jais research shows Christian were swelling their conviction through free classes as well as counselling. File pic
Hasan, who is in charge of a state's Islamic affairs portfolio, pronounced a state's eremite authority (Jais) had discovered which Christian missionaries were right away swelling their gospel through technologically-advanced means detached from setting up welfare groups providing money as well as alternative financial assist to singular mothers as well as a destitute.
He added which Jais's research showed Christian evangelists were swelling their conviction to immature Muslim students in free fee classes as well as counselling sessions, besides distributing Christian pamphlets in open places, homes, universities as well as places which were ostensibly called "community centres" to carry out their devout work.
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According to a website called Book of Joe, a palm-sized radio-like device contains all a books in a New as well as Old Testaments as well as is propitious with batteries which will run for roughly 10 hours prior to wanting to be recharged, whether by a sun, a light tuber or a nine-volt AC adapter. It costs only US$ 99.95 (RM310).
This ultimate disclosure, after a controversial August 3 raid by Selangor Islamic authorities upon a Damansara Utama Methodist Church (DUMC) in Petaling Jaya, could tr! igger an other Christian-Muslim conflict.
Christian leaders have consistently denied claims which they have been attempting to modify Muslims, though family between a two creeds with roots in a Middle East go on to smoulder in multi-religious, multi-cultural Malaysia where a religion of a association is Islam as stated in a Federal Constitution.
Hasan pronounced Jais is operative to counter Christian proselytism of Muslims by land sessions to explain Islamic didactic discourse as well as its laws.
The lawmaker pronounced Jais is additionally seeking to make firm a coercion of a Non-Islamic Religions (Control of Propagation Amongst Muslims) Enactment 1988 as well as a Syariah Criminal Offences Enactment 1995.
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Dr M, Pak Lah, Najib to be called by Liong Sik defence
(Left to right) Najib, Dr Mahathir, as well as Abdullah lift their hands during the finish of Umno annual assembly in Kuala Lumpur March 28, 2009. Reuters pic
Defence counsel Wong Kian Kheong today read out the names of twelve members of the Cabinet from 2002 as well as the special mercantile adviser to the prime apportion during the time, as among the witnesses he intends to examine.
Dr Ling was charged in July final year with knowingly mean action the Cabinet in to approving the land squeeze for the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ), which resulted in wrongful losses for the government.
The former MCA president also faces two alternative charges of mean action the Cabinet in to desiring which the squeeze during RM25 psf as well as the 7.5 per cent seductiveness rate were acknowledged as well as agreed to by the government's Valuation as well as Property Services Department (JPPH) notwithstanding knowing which there was no such agreement.
Dr Ling faces up to seven years' jail as well as the fine if convicted of the principal charge underneath Section 418 of the Penal Code.
Wong is calling Cabinet members who were benefaction during the assembly which gave retrospective capitulation for the growth price of the PKFZ plan to fill up from RM1.088 billion to RM4.6 billion in 2007, as well as had since their statements to the police.
Among them are Tun Dr Lim Keng Yaik, Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, Datuk Seri Utama Dr Rais Yatim, Tan Sri Dr Leo Moggie anak Irok, as well as Tan Sri Abdul! Kadir S heikh Fadzir.
According to mins of the Cabinet assembly dated June 27, 2007 as well as chaired by Najib who was afterwards the deputy prime minister, the Cabinet approved the price increase to RM4,632,732,000.
In 2002, the Cabinet was told which RM1.088 billion was the sum price of the plan on the 999.5-acre land in Pulau Indah which comprised the land value, infrastructure price as well as the six per cent seductiveness rate.
The prosecution closed its case today with their final witness, investigating officer Supt R. Rajagopal, as the final of the twenty-five witnesses called.
Judge Datuk Ahmadi Asnawi after set December twelve as well as 13 for submissions.
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EC chief says polls prep going well
Abdul Aziz pronounced a EC did not want to be held unawares by an early ubiquitous election. File pic
"We have been scheming very early. There have been still many stages. At this stage, you have been appointing some of a returning officers (ROs) as well as partner returning officers (AROs)," Abdul Aziz was quoted as observant by Bernama Online today.
The EC chairman additionally pronounced a subsequent theatre would engage a logistics of land a polls, together with catering for travel of both choosing workers as well as materials.
"This preparation is required since you do not want to be held unprepared when Parliament is dissolved," Abdul Aziz added.
The Malaysian Insider formerly reported Abdul Aziz's deputy, Datuk Wira Wan Ahmad Wan Omar, as observant a commission was gearing up for a possible January ubiquitous election.
"Many of a primary preparations have been taken caring of, have been complete as well as much more will be finished with a co-operation of other supervision agencies," he said, though did not blow up further.
Preparations may be complicated if a introduction of memorable ink is finished prior to a ubiquitous choosing is called.
Yesterday, a Attorney-General paved a way for a make use of of memorable ink in elections, revelation a parliamentary name committee (PSC) on electoral reforms a pierce can "be finished anytime" as well as usually requires a approval of a Yang di-Pertuan Agong prior to Parliament is notified.
The statute Barisan Nasional (BN) government's charge will end usually in May 2013, though speculation is abundant that Prime Minister Datuk Seri! Najib R azak will call early polls to equivocate falling plant to an anticipated open backlash due to tellurian mercantile woes.
But electoral reforms transformation Bersih 2.0 insists Najib should not go to a polls until a reforms if any endorsed by a PSC have been implemented.
Opposition leaders, who strongly behind Bersih, have additionally warned that serve rallies will be held if a supervision fails to exercise these demands.
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Thirteen JI suspects held under ISA
Ismail pronounced 7 of a thirteen arrested were Malaysians. File pic
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar pronounced a 13, which embody 7 Malaysians, were arrested in Tawau after "our intelligence reports as well as review detected efforts to revive a belligerent movement."
Sabah military earlier pronounced which 10 Islamic activists were arrested upon Monday, as well as were reported to be PAS members or supporters.
"If not curbed, their actions can bluster as well as undermine inhabitant security," Ismail pronounced in a short statement today, clarifying which a operation had lasted from Monday to yesterday.
Sabah PAS government official Mohd Aminuddin Aling had questioned a arrests, which he pronounced were made without warrants, notice or any prior information.
"Police should clarify a genuine situation so a headlines of a arrests will not be misinterpreted as well as lift disastrous assumption of those detained," he said.
"Police should clarify a genuine situation so a headlines of a arrests will not be misinterpreted as well as lift disastrous assumption of those detained. People are shocked by a ISA detentions," he said.
Gerakan Anti-ISA (GMI) pronounced currently which multiform of those arrested were tuition teachers as well as SMK Kinabutan Islamic studies clergyman Mohd Nazri Dollah.
In his Malaysia Day address, Datuk Seri Najib Razak had betrothed a raft of reforms including repealing a ISA to give a public more freedom.
But a budding minister after pronounced a dissolution of a law which allows for surety apprehension without hearing will only take! place n ext year after dual brand new laws are drafted to replace it.
Najib's promises of reforms, which also embody you do away with annual permits for print media as well as a parliamentary row upon electoral improvements, came after drawn out condemnation over a crackdown upon a July 9 Bersih 2.0 rally.
Police dispersed tens of thousands who poured into a collateral to call for free as well as satisfactory elections, using water cannon as well as rip gas in chaotic scenes which saw over 1,500 arrested, scores harmed as well as a death of an ex-soldier.
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UKs Ofcom Launches Investigation
Sarawak Report
The UK's Independent Newspaper has taken a lead upon a story
The UK media regulator, Ofcom, has right away voiced which it as well will launch an review into a activities of FBC Media as good as a association with a Malaysian Government, Sarawak as good as alternative regimes with public profile problems.
The proclamation comes at a same time as confirmation by a British Foreign Office which it has launched a income laundering review into Taib's resources in a UK.
Ofcom not usually has responsibility for BBC World, which has already only published a own inform into a scandal, it additionally supervises a American owned stations CNBC as good as CNN's activities in Europe, which are both deeply inextricable in questions surrounding FBC's! tellurian headlines fixing liaison (see our previous coverage).
The UK's Independent Newspaper has right away taken a heading purpose in investigating a issue, which represents a level of crime in a broadcast media upon a parallel with a liaison surrounding phone hacking by sure print media. Today they reported upon a revelations about a US economist Jeffrey Sachs.
Embarrasing FBC's 'positive publicity' for Taib as good as Najib has backfired as a UK press starts to take up a story about their illegal activities
The Independent has additionally revealed which FBC was making BBC programmes praising President Mubarak during a tallness of a 'Arab Spring' fighting back opposite him in Egypt. The same program! me took a event to attack Malaysia's PKR oppositi! upon leade r Anwar Ibrahim as a ostensible Muslim 'extremist' backing a renouned rebel opposite a Egyptian dictator.
Both Mubarak as good as Najib have right away of course been exposed as tip clients of FBC. Meanwhile, a deposed Mubarak's vast resources of millions of dollars stolen from his people have right away been frozen in bank accounts via a world. The story was additionally taken up currently by a UK's greatest dissemination journal a Daily Mail as good as additionally by a Guardian newspaper.
Proff Sachs praised Malaysia's palm oil attention upon Third Eye, but has right away certified to seeing awful evironmental degredation upon his outing to Sarawak
In a United States a good regarded blogPolitico has additionally taken up a matter, in what is expected to be only a start of wider coverage as questions are raised about a links in between multiform US headlines stations as good as publications with FBC Media.
Yet, in a statement to Politico as good as in a minute to us a orator for a US economist Jeffrey Sachs complained about 'inaccuracies' in Sarawak Report's coverage of a matter. Sarawak Report has asked for clarification upon these 'inaccuracies', beyond a criticism which taking his family upon a paid outing to Malaysia could not be described as a holiday:
"The visit to Sime Darby was not a family eighth month in any way. During his outing to Sabah as good as Sarawak, Prof. Sachs saw considerable evidence of deforestation as good as environmental plunge as good as he raised those concerns with a association as good ! as Gover nment, in sequence to assistance advance some-more tolerable agriculture in these frail as good as crucial regions"[Erin Trowbridge, spokesman for Prof Sachs]
Sarawak Report would like an reason for a contrast in between this statement as good as Prof Sach's remarks when interviewed by FBC media progressing this year for a BBC:
"The approach which Malaysia, for example, grown palm oil with smallholders who were operative in incomparable areas as good as mostly with government leadershiphas been exemplary."[Prof Sachs speaking upon FBC-made Third Eye programme for BBC World in July]
Britain to examine Taib's assets
Meanwhile, a UK has additionally joined a list of countries which has voiced which it as well will be examining a resources of Taib Mahmud in a light of concerns about a income laundering of a deduction of political corruption.
The pierce comes as 3 banks were final week fined in Switzerland for carrying helped conceal illegal resources by potentates who were deposed during a Arab spring, including FBC customer Hosni Mubarak.
Reflecting a brand brand new suggestion of tackling a problem of hurtful universe leaders using Western banks as good as skill portfolios to censor income stolen from their people, a UK Foreign Minister with responsibility for Malaysia, Jeremy Browne, signed a personal minute in reply to a request from a Bruno Manser Foundation as good as Sarawak Report.
He confirmed which Taib's UK resources will right away be investigated, especially ! in a l ight of a MACC's own review into a BN State Leader as good as additionally brand brand new agreements upon team-work upon law as good as sequence in between Britain as good as Malaysia:.
Letter from UK Minister Jeremy Browne confirming Taib is! being i nvestigated for income laundering
Sarawak Report will be stating further upon a UK's review into Taib's assets. Britain joins Germany, Switzerland as good as Canada in indicating they will examine properties as good as investments held by a Chief Minister in their countries.
Taib has paid millions for PR. However, income cannot buy repute for long.
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Selangor MB: No polls before June 2012
Selangor Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim will not call for polls prior to Jun 2012 in order to implement policies and plans outlined in the budget for subsequent year.
At the press discussion today, Khalid discharged suggestions that Selangor Pakatan Rakyat was not confident in winning the election.
However, should Parliament be dissolved after Jun subsequent year, Khalid said Selangor is likely to follow suit.
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