Shahrizat’s family owns luxury condo in S’pore?
PKR alleges the Umno leader’s husband had purchased a unit worth RM10 million last year and questions the source of the funds
(Free Malaysia Today) – Women, Family and Community Development Minister Shahrizat Abdul Jalil’s family owns a luxury condominium worth RM10 million in Singapore, PKR alleged today.
Speaking at a press conference at the party headquarters, PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution said that the 2,282 sq ft unit at Anthony Road, Orchard Scotts, was purchased in January 2010, and is registered under her husband Mohamad Salleh Ismail and their children.
However, there is no evidence to suggest that funds to purchase the luxury unit came from the RM250 million in soft loans given by the government for the National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) project.
Also present at the press conference were PKR women chief, Zuraida Kamaruddin, its chief of strategy Rafizi Ramli and PAS central committee member Dzulkefly Ahmad.
Shahrizat and Mohamed Salleh, who is the NFC executive chairman, came under fire from MPs from both sides of the political divide when it was revealed in the 2010 Auditor-General’s Report that the NFC was “in a mess”.
The opposition alleged that Shahrizat’s family had misappropriated the RM250 million of public funds meant for the project to purchase land and luxury items such as a car and condominium units in Bangsar.
They further claimed that the beef produce from the project was channelled to restaurants belonging to Shahrizat’s family.
The project was mooted during the reign of then prime minister, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, to reduce the nation’s beef import by 40% by enhancing local beef produce.
Meagre ministerial salary
Saifuddin, who is also Machang MP, said Shahrizat could not have purchased the condominium unit in Singapore with her meagre ministerial salary.
“And her husband, although being Technology Park Malaysia’s head, would not have been able to afford it as well as it’s not a business entity. So where did the funds come from?” asked Saifuddin.
