MACC seizes desktop PC, documents from NFC office
(The Malaysian Insider) – Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officers carted away a desktop computer’s central processing unit (CPU) and four documents from the National Feedlot Corporation’s (NFC) office here at the end of their raid today.
Supt Wan Abdul Rahman Wan Mohd Salleh, along with seven other officers from Putrajaya MACC, left the offices of the scandal-hit company at Solaris Mont Kiara here at 4.50pm after questioning staff for two hours.
NFC runs the National Feedlot Centre in Gemas, which has been at the centre of a storm of controversy ever since the Auditor-General highlighted the publicly funded cattle-raising project as “a mess” in his report this year.
NFC is headed by Datuk Seri Dr Mohamed Salleh Ismail, husband to Women, Family and Community Minister and Wanita Umno chief, Datuk Seri Shahrizat Jalil. Their children are also directors in the company.
Today’s raid follows an announcement by MACC yesterday that it would investigate allegations the NFC had misappropriated government funds, despite previously saying it would not probe the matter.
The national anti-graft body had earlier referred the case to the police, who are now conducting an investigation into possible criminal breach of trust.
The MACC also confirmed yesterday it had remanded a businessman, said to be a Datuk, for questioning in relation to the case.
The 45-year-old suspect had earlier been detained by police for allegedly trying to bribe senior CCID officers believed to be involved in the NFC probe.
