If in truth the word "mess" was not used in his 2010 inform to describe the state of affairs in the NFC, because did the Auditor General take 3 months to emanate the clarification.
Three months ago, the Auditor-General declared the National Feedlot Centre plan value RM73.64 million was in the 'mess', so much so he suggested which the Agriculture as well as Agro-Based Industry ministry speak with the Finance Ministry to determine the "direction of the project". Now, Ambrin Buang is observant which his inform during no point referred to which the NFC plan was in the mess. The term "mess" he says was conjured by the press. Ambrin told the MCA-owned The Star which his team had never used difference such as "mess", "chaos" as well as "misappropriation" to describe the project.
Ambrin said: "These difference were used by alternative parties as well as the dialect should not be hold responsible. The dialect is of the perspective which if there are any elements of misappropriation in the doing of this project, it would be up to the authorities such as the police or the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to investigate."
If in truth the word "mess" was not referred to by the report, because did it take Ambrin 3 months to clarify? Is it not obvious which he has come underneath vigour from the 'powers which be' to do the little repairs carry out upon this emanate which has non-stop up the can of worms?
The feedlot project, located in Gemas, Negri Sembilan, is aimed during shortening beef imports as well as have the country the centre of beef production. But what happened was otherwise; the programme constructed 3,289 cattles in 2010 compared to the targeted 8,000 heads of cattle.
The Aud! itor-Gen eral's inform released in Oct last year additionally found weaknesses in plan management, while facilities remained unused or improperly maintained. "The area where weed which was supposed to be grown for animal feed or provender was filled with acacia trees," it said.
Not usually was the plan the flop, allegations flush which the supports allocated for the plan were abused, used to squeeze the oppulance condominium value RM13.8 million in Bangsar as well as an additional condominium value RM9.9 million in Singapore, the Mercedes Benz during RM534, 622, dual plots of land in Putrajaya for RM3,363,507 as well as the sponsored-trip to Mecca for NFCorp chairperson Mohamad Salleh to undertake his umrah.
Mohamad Salleh is the husband of Women, Family as well as Community Development Minister Shahrizat Jalil. It was not long after which calls perfectionist for Shahrizat's resignation were made, both by the rakyat as well as even Barisan Nasional politicians.
Shahrizat, 58, who is additionally Wanita Umno conduct has denied any wrongdoing as well as instead pulpy insulting charges against her nemesis, Parti Keadilan Rakyat Wanita arch Zuraida Kamaruddin as well as the strategic executive Mohd Rafizi Ramli.
If all which waste was not bad enough, in jumped emissary budding minister as well as Umno emissary president Muhyiddin Yassin who provided the 'hurricane lamp' to Shahrizat observant there was no reason for her to quit her ministerial post, which by the approach came about by the 'backdoor' entry.
In the 2008 general election, Shahrizat mislaid her Lembah Pantai subdivision which she had hold upon for 13 years to newcomer Nurul Izzah, daughter of antithesis agreement Pakatan Rakyat confidant Anwar Ibrahim.
The outcry over the abused supports prompted the MACC to step in as well as conduct an investigation. On Jan 13, Shahrizat announced which she was receiving the three-week mangle from her ministerial duties to apparently have divided f! or the M ACC investigation. Her crafty exit additionally saw Shahrizat shifting all vigour pertaining to the NFC to Muhyiddin.
Safeguarding repute of office
Does Umno have the palm in forcing Ambrin to sing the opposite balance now, looking during how the NFC liaison has gone upon to consequence the rakyat's wrath, jeopardising BN as well as Umno's chances in the entrance general election?
Does Umno have the palm in forcing Ambrin to sing the opposite balance now, looking during how the NFC liaison has gone upon to consequence the rakyat's wrath, jeopardising BN as well as Umno's chances in the entrance general election?
Mohamad Salleh is claiming which the Auditor-General in his 2010 Report had confused NFCorp, the private entity, with the NFC, which is owned by the Agriculture as well as Agro-Based Industry Ministry.
Mohamad Salleh pronounced NFCorp is not the entity criticised in the Auditor-General's Report for being "a mess".
Meanwhile, Perkasa, the Malay-rights wing entity, has urged Ambrin to openly acknowledgement which NFC was not plagued by any liaison as depicted by the antithesis leaders via papers as well as e-mail copies display large monetary misappropriation.
"We urge him to emanate an official statement as well as be satisfactory to all quarters so which the single is shielded or punished based upon confirmed facts, not upon domestic perception," pronounced the arch Ibrahim Ali.
Also, Ambrin's about-face has prompted antithesis party DAP to emanate him the caveat.
DAP confidant Lim Kit Siang said: "The Auditor-General must be forewarned which he would be destroying the credit of the solitary inhabitant institution which had kept the repute intact in the past couple of decades if he succumbs to improper pressures to "whitewash" the RM300 million "cattle condo" scandal, be it the National Feedlot Centre (NFC) or the National Feedlot Corporation (NFCorp).
"I have re-read the Auditor-General's 2010 Report upon the NFC plan as well as there is zero to clear Salleh's explain which the Auditor General had made the most elementary mistake of treacherous the dual entities, mistaking NFC for NFCorp or clamp ver! sa.
"Salleh should not try to shun shortcoming as well as burden for the RM300 million NFC/NFCorp "cattle condo" upon such the technical as well as ridiculous ground."
The DAP veteran pronounced Ambrin was scold when he pronounced which the word "mess" was never used by the latter to describe the National Feedlot Corporation (NFC); rsther than the term originated in the media reports upon the Auditor-General's criticisms upon the NFC project.
Lim added: "The total NFC/NFCorp liaison later ballooned to outrageous proportions with the display of the single liaison after an additional relating the monetary hanky-panky of the NFCorp in the value of the RM250 million government loan for the NFC plan when budding minister Najib Tun Razak was authority of the Cabinet Committee upon High Impact Projects as well as Muhyiddin the Agriculture as well as Agro-based Industry underneath Abdullah Badawi in 2006/7.
"Ambrin should be really jealous of the efforts (and really successful ones during that) by previous Auditor-Generals like Ahmad Nordin who became the legend as well as was synonymous with burden as well as firmness in his lifetime, to protect the credit as well as firmness of the Office of Auditor-General.
"These efforts by the total line of argent Auditor-Generals have resulted in the Auditor-General's Office superfluous as the usually inhabitant institution to keep the reputation, credit as well as firmness intact distinct alternative pass institutions be it the judiciary, the Elections Commission, the MACC, Police, etc. who have mislaid their professionalism as well as integrity."
Auditor-General's image during stake
Lim pronounced the proper place for the Auditor-General to explain his 2010 inform with regards to the NFC/NFCorp liaison would be the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) as well as not by succumbing to undue vigour practical by NFCorp or assorted organisations or people with do! mestic a gendas of their own.
"This is additionally because I'm repelled which the PAC had been so delayed as well as not met urgently to conduct immediate investigations in to the NFC liaison when it has virtually become the daily tack for Malaysians the past 3 months.
Attempts to undermine the credit as well as repute of the Auditor-General should be new as well as combined reason because the PAC chairman, Azmi Khalid should convene the meeting of the PAC in the next couple of days to decide whether the PAC is to climb up to the plea to conduct immediate as well as full investigations in to the NFC liaison or face censure in the March meeting of Parliament for sum failure as well as irresponsibility," pronounced Lim.
How does Barisan Nasional as well as Umno intend to conflict to DAP's take upon this issue? Has the Auditor-General's office become the latest casualty of cronyism as well as nepotism, corrupted by the hands of unethical politicians out to safeguard their own interests?
Jeswan Kaur is the freelance bard as well as the FMT columnist
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