Adapted from:
The Cowgate scandal : http://www.mmail.com.my/story/cowgate-scandal
The chronology of events
2007-2008
National Feedlot Corporation Sdn Bhd (NFCorp) mandated as an integrator for the National Feedlot Centre (NFC), a project to meet 40 per cent of national beef production by 2010. NFCorp is owned by Agroscience Industries Sdn Bhd with participation from the federal government. A 809ha site in Gemas, Negri Sembilan, is identified for cattle rearing.
2009
Funds from RM250 million government soft loan channelled to special account.
2010
Contract between NFCorp and government signed.
2011
• October: Auditor-General’s 2010 Report reveals NFC achieved only 41.1 per cent of production target.
• Nov 10: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) strategic director Rafizi Ramli reveals NFCorp paid RM9.8 million from National Meat and Livestock Corporation (NMLC), a subsidiary contracted as NFC’s marketing development agent, for a luxury condominium in Bangsar. Report lodged with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).
• Nov 14: MACC hands over investigations on purchase of condominium to police.
• Nov 18: NFC executive chairman Datuk Seri Dr Muhamad Salleh Ismail reveals the NFC bought not one but two condominiums at One Menerung. He defends the purchase as a longterm investment and clarifies the production of cattle in 2010.
• Nov 23: Wanita PKR launches nationwide effort to lodge police reports over NFC issue. Its chief Zuraida Kamaruddin says five key individuals in the controversy would be named. She calls for Shahrizat to resign.
• Nov 24: Police question Dr Muhamad Salleh over possible criminal breach of trust involving NFC. Public Accounts Committee starts investigations into NFC issue.
• Nov 28: Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil breaks silence over NFC issue, says she has nothing to do with the matter.
• Nov 30: At the Umno general assembly, Shahrizat hits back at PKR for asking her to resign, saying she is only the wife of the NFCorp chairman and had nothing to do with NFC. Rafizi reveals again that NFC had transferred RM3,363,507 to NMLC to buy land in Putrajaya in December 2009 and bought a Mercedes Benz CLS 350 CGI for RM534,622.
• Dec 21: Police arrest a Datuk for allegedly trying to bribe several investigating offi cers over the NFC issue. Dr Muhamad Salleh denies the 45-year-old businessman is related to him. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak denies Shahrizat has offered to resign from the cabinet.
• Dec 23: MACC officers raid NFC office in Mont Kiara.
• Dec 29: Datuk Shamsubalhrin Ismail, CEO of Shamsulbahrin Ismail Resources Sdn Bhd charged with promising a false consultation service to Dr Muhamad Salleh, and also with deceiving Dr Muhamad Salleh into handing over RM1.755 million between Nov 25 and Dec 6.
2012
• Jan 13: Shahrizat goes on three-weeks leave until Feb 5.
• Jan 19: Shahrizat files RM100 million defamation suit against Rafizi and Zuraida.
• Jan 27: Shamsulbahrin lodges police report, stating he was made a scapegoat of the scandal, saying he received calls and SMSes from an NFCorp official who “pressured me to bribe police to close the NFC case”.
• Feb 1: Auditor-General Tan Sri Ambrin Buang clarifies that terms such as “mess” were not used to describe NFC in his report for 2010.
• Feb 7: Rafizi says two condominiums worth RM34.6 million at Marina Bay suites, located in the posh Marina Bay Financial Centre, Central Boulevard, Singapore were registered under Dr Muhamad Salleh and his son and NFCorp executive director Wan Shahinur Izran Salleh.
• Feb 8: Shahrizat gives statement to MACC, saying she has no part in NFCorp’s dealings.
• Feb 9: Wan Shahinur defends purchase of condominium units in Singapore, saying it was made when there was a lull in business after the government halted the building of an export quality abattoir that was to be rented to NFCorp.
• Feb 26: Police recommend that the Attorney-General’s Chambers charge NFCorp directors with CBT. Police also investigate the case as cheating.
• Feb 29: Rafizi reveals that NFCorp subsidiary, Farmhouse Supermarkets Pte Ltd, rented space for RM2.2 million a month to open a supermarket in Rochester Mall, Singapore. Dr Muhamad Salleh says the supermarket is necessary as the local market cannot support the company’s beef production.
• March 7: Rafizi reveals that NFCorp used the RM250 million soft loan as leverage to obtain loans for eight shoplots in KL Eco City development in Jalan Bangsar. The shoplot units are reportedly worth a forced-sale value of RM9.69 million. On the same day, online news portal The Malaysian Insider reveals commercial crimes police were investigating NFCorp’s purchase of a RM1.7 million apartment in Almaty, Kazakhstan, for use as an office. NFCorp denies the purchase of the KL Eco City property, saying it is the directors’ “private investment”.
• March 11: Shahrizat announces she will resign her cabinet post on April 8 when her term as senator ends. She says she will remain Wanita Umno chief.
-I'll pray and dream, I'll rise and win-
The Cowgate scandal : http://www.mmail.com.my/story/cowgate-scandal
The chronology of events
2007-2008
National Feedlot Corporation Sdn Bhd (NFCorp) mandated as an integrator for the National Feedlot Centre (NFC), a project to meet 40 per cent of national beef production by 2010. NFCorp is owned by Agroscience Industries Sdn Bhd with participation from the federal government. A 809ha site in Gemas, Negri Sembilan, is identified for cattle rearing.
2009
Funds from RM250 million government soft loan channelled to special account.
2010
Contract between NFCorp and government signed.
2011
• October: Auditor-General’s 2010 Report reveals NFC achieved only 41.1 per cent of production target.
• Nov 10: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) strategic director Rafizi Ramli reveals NFCorp paid RM9.8 million from National Meat and Livestock Corporation (NMLC), a subsidiary contracted as NFC’s marketing development agent, for a luxury condominium in Bangsar. Report lodged with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).
• Nov 14: MACC hands over investigations on purchase of condominium to police.
• Nov 18: NFC executive chairman Datuk Seri Dr Muhamad Salleh Ismail reveals the NFC bought not one but two condominiums at One Menerung. He defends the purchase as a longterm investment and clarifies the production of cattle in 2010.
• Nov 23: Wanita PKR launches nationwide effort to lodge police reports over NFC issue. Its chief Zuraida Kamaruddin says five key individuals in the controversy would be named. She calls for Shahrizat to resign.
• Nov 24: Police question Dr Muhamad Salleh over possible criminal breach of trust involving NFC. Public Accounts Committee starts investigations into NFC issue.
• Nov 28: Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil breaks silence over NFC issue, says she has nothing to do with the matter.
• Nov 30: At the Umno general assembly, Shahrizat hits back at PKR for asking her to resign, saying she is only the wife of the NFCorp chairman and had nothing to do with NFC. Rafizi reveals again that NFC had transferred RM3,363,507 to NMLC to buy land in Putrajaya in December 2009 and bought a Mercedes Benz CLS 350 CGI for RM534,622.
• Dec 21: Police arrest a Datuk for allegedly trying to bribe several investigating offi cers over the NFC issue. Dr Muhamad Salleh denies the 45-year-old businessman is related to him. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak denies Shahrizat has offered to resign from the cabinet.
• Dec 23: MACC officers raid NFC office in Mont Kiara.
• Dec 29: Datuk Shamsubalhrin Ismail, CEO of Shamsulbahrin Ismail Resources Sdn Bhd charged with promising a false consultation service to Dr Muhamad Salleh, and also with deceiving Dr Muhamad Salleh into handing over RM1.755 million between Nov 25 and Dec 6.
2012
• Jan 13: Shahrizat goes on three-weeks leave until Feb 5.
• Jan 19: Shahrizat files RM100 million defamation suit against Rafizi and Zuraida.
• Jan 27: Shamsulbahrin lodges police report, stating he was made a scapegoat of the scandal, saying he received calls and SMSes from an NFCorp official who “pressured me to bribe police to close the NFC case”.
• Feb 1: Auditor-General Tan Sri Ambrin Buang clarifies that terms such as “mess” were not used to describe NFC in his report for 2010.
• Feb 7: Rafizi says two condominiums worth RM34.6 million at Marina Bay suites, located in the posh Marina Bay Financial Centre, Central Boulevard, Singapore were registered under Dr Muhamad Salleh and his son and NFCorp executive director Wan Shahinur Izran Salleh.
• Feb 8: Shahrizat gives statement to MACC, saying she has no part in NFCorp’s dealings.
• Feb 9: Wan Shahinur defends purchase of condominium units in Singapore, saying it was made when there was a lull in business after the government halted the building of an export quality abattoir that was to be rented to NFCorp.
• Feb 26: Police recommend that the Attorney-General’s Chambers charge NFCorp directors with CBT. Police also investigate the case as cheating.
• Feb 29: Rafizi reveals that NFCorp subsidiary, Farmhouse Supermarkets Pte Ltd, rented space for RM2.2 million a month to open a supermarket in Rochester Mall, Singapore. Dr Muhamad Salleh says the supermarket is necessary as the local market cannot support the company’s beef production.
• March 7: Rafizi reveals that NFCorp used the RM250 million soft loan as leverage to obtain loans for eight shoplots in KL Eco City development in Jalan Bangsar. The shoplot units are reportedly worth a forced-sale value of RM9.69 million. On the same day, online news portal The Malaysian Insider reveals commercial crimes police were investigating NFCorp’s purchase of a RM1.7 million apartment in Almaty, Kazakhstan, for use as an office. NFCorp denies the purchase of the KL Eco City property, saying it is the directors’ “private investment”.
• March 11: Shahrizat announces she will resign her cabinet post on April 8 when her term as senator ends. She says she will remain Wanita Umno chief.
-I'll pray and dream, I'll rise and win-
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Segala sesuatu ada takdirnya, ada saatnya, ada hikmahnya, yg penting niat lurus, sempurnakan ikhtiar, nanti Allah yg Mengatur..
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