Dr M told to put pressure on Najib over NFC scandal

Dec 19: PAS's Dzulkefly Ahmad has urged former UMNO strongman Dr Mahathir Mohamad to push prime minister Najib Razak to act against his deputy Muhyiddin Yassin and Wanita UMNO chief Shahrizat Jalil (pics, left) over the duo's involvement in the RM250 National Feedlot Corporation scandal. Amid calls from within UMNO which include a statement by Mahathir urging Shahrizat to quit her cabinet post, the role of Muhyiddin, the Agriculture minister when the project was awarded to Shahrizat's family in 2007, has been by and large ignored. Dzulkefly, who is also PAS central committee member said Mahathir as the former prime minister would certainly have deep insight and knowledge of UMNO leaders’ involvement in the pursuit of wealth. “If he wants Najib to make transformation, then the scandal must be investigated transparently without any protection,” the Kuala Selangor member of parliament told Harakahdaily. Last week, PAS deputy president Mohamad Sabu and information chief Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man called on Muhyiddin to resign alongside any action taken against Shahrizat, who was brought back to the cabinet as the Women, Family and Community minister despite losing her Lembah Pantai parliamentary constituency in 2208 to newcomer Nurul Izzah Anwar. Meanwhile, it has been reported that the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission was investigating Shahrizat’s role in NFC to find out if she influenced, took part in the project or had a hand in the loan awarded to NFC, of which her husband is the executive chairman. The report contradicted the Commission's earlier statement saying the NFC case should be referred to the police.