It was Prime Minister Najib Razak who selected a company owned by the family of Umno minister Shahrizat Jalil to be awarded the NFC cattle breeding project, whilst his deputy Muhyiddin Yassin endorsed the decision in his then capacity as Agriculture minister in 2006.
Najib, apart from heading the selection committee which also picked Lambert Sdn Bhd for a slice of the NFC project, also came under fire for not considering Felda, the national land resettlement scheme that falls under his direct supervision.
“The anchor company selection committee for the NFC was chaired by Datuk Seri Najib Razak. He must explain how he can talk about fighting for Felda with the public listing but did not give the project which would have benefited the settlers,” PKR strategy director Rafizi Ramli told a press conference.
Najib was the one who chose the Shahrizats for NFC, sidelining Felda
