National Feedlot Corporation Sdn Bhd chief executive chief officer Mohammad Salleh Ismail has put the blame on renegade staff for triggering the controversy over the company's finances, according to a Sinar Harian report today.
In the Malay language daily, Mohamed reportedly said that the issue arose from the actions of two NFC staff who went rogue and attempted to sabotage the company. Mohamaed believed they told the opposition about the company's internal finances because they were upset with the company and added that his company has filed a police report on suspicion that the duo had taken the company's thumb drive.
On calls for his wife Shahrizat Abdul Jalil who is women, family and community development minister to resign over the fiasco, Mohammed declined to comment but he told the daily that the matter was in the hands of his wife, the prime minister and his deputy.
When contacted, PKR strategy director Rafizi Ramli laughed off the new development but refused to confirm if the duo investigated by the police are the source of the leak to PKR and said, "I would not confirm or deny the (source) of the leak...it would be dangerous for the whistleblowers."
Rafizi, who expects the police to come knocking soon, however, added that any probe on the whistleblowers would be a "distraction" from the real issue and told Malaysiakini that the police should instead focus on the report on the condominium, not chase after these poor whistleblowers.
Rafizi had revealed that the RM181 million government soft loan to NFC to manage a beef centre was used to buy luxury condominiums and several Umno leaders had benefited from the money and added that PKR has "a lot more information to reveal" if the company and its political ties do not own up to the irregularities exposed.
Rafizi who is scheduled to hold a press conference on the matter later today, said, "Politics aside, I personally just want them to admit that they made a mistake and for the government to take back the money."
Is the financial information of a public company a secret? Is it not open for public scrutiny? Is it not subject to internal and external auditors as well? So, what's the big deal about these two so-called whistleblowers unless there is indeed hanky-panky in the finances of the company? If in fact they're whistleblowers, then there should be more 'hidden' info than those already in the Auditor-General's Report.
In the Malay language daily, Mohamed reportedly said that the issue arose from the actions of two NFC staff who went rogue and attempted to sabotage the company. Mohamaed believed they told the opposition about the company's internal finances because they were upset with the company and added that his company has filed a police report on suspicion that the duo had taken the company's thumb drive.
On calls for his wife Shahrizat Abdul Jalil who is women, family and community development minister to resign over the fiasco, Mohammed declined to comment but he told the daily that the matter was in the hands of his wife, the prime minister and his deputy.
When contacted, PKR strategy director Rafizi Ramli laughed off the new development but refused to confirm if the duo investigated by the police are the source of the leak to PKR and said, "I would not confirm or deny the (source) of the leak...it would be dangerous for the whistleblowers."
Rafizi, who expects the police to come knocking soon, however, added that any probe on the whistleblowers would be a "distraction" from the real issue and told Malaysiakini that the police should instead focus on the report on the condominium, not chase after these poor whistleblowers.
Rafizi had revealed that the RM181 million government soft loan to NFC to manage a beef centre was used to buy luxury condominiums and several Umno leaders had benefited from the money and added that PKR has "a lot more information to reveal" if the company and its political ties do not own up to the irregularities exposed.
Rafizi who is scheduled to hold a press conference on the matter later today, said, "Politics aside, I personally just want them to admit that they made a mistake and for the government to take back the money."
Is the financial information of a public company a secret? Is it not open for public scrutiny? Is it not subject to internal and external auditors as well? So, what's the big deal about these two so-called whistleblowers unless there is indeed hanky-panky in the finances of the company? If in fact they're whistleblowers, then there should be more 'hidden' info than those already in the Auditor-General's Report.
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