Shahrizat’s case closed, Azmin’s case re-opened
The MACC review panel clears the minister of any wrongdoing in the NFC scandal, and at the same time, recommends that the PKR deputy president’s case be re-investigated.
(Free Malaysia Today) – The MACC operations review panel has cleared former minister Shahrizat Abdul Jalil of any links with regard to the National Feedlot Centre scandal, in which her husband and children have been implicated.
On another matter, the panel ordered the case against PKR deputy president Azmin Ali to be re-opened based on the fresh information received.
As for Shahrizat’s case, panel chairperson Hadenan Abdul Jalil said: “The panel found that she was not involved in awarding the project to the company (headed by her husband Mohamed Salleh Ismail) and the (government’s) RM250 million loan (for NFC).”
Following the revelations made by blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin this week, former Anti-Corruption Agency director-general Shafee Yahaya said that following the findings of a probe in 1997, he recommended to then deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim to take disciplinary action against Azmin.
During that period, Azmin served as Anwar’s political aide.
The MACC reviews panel said that in light of the new evidence produced by Raja Petra, including confidential documents, it had recommended that the case be re-investigated.
MACC’s investigation head Mustafa Ali had told reporters that the commission might record the statements of Anwar and Azmin over the matter.
