Bekas menteri Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil mempertahankan pembelian kondominium mewah di Singapura oleh anggota keluarganya, didakwa menggunakan dana kerajaan yang sepatutnya dilabur dalam projek National Feedlot Centre.
Beliau yang disoal balas semasa perbicaraan kes samannya ke atas pengarah strategi PKR Rafizi Ramli dan ketua Wanita PKR Zuraida Kamaruddin berkata, keluarganya menggunakan nama mereka untuk membeli kondominium berkenaan memandangkan syarikat terbabit – National Feedlot Corporation – tidak dapat membuat pinjaman.
"Saya difahamkan bahawa, disebabkan NFC satu syarikat yang baru dimulakan, mengikut undang-undang Singapura ia tidak boleh memohon pinjaman di negara itu.
“Maka mereka terpaksa melakukannya (membuat pembelian) menggunakan nama peribadi,” katanya di Mahkamah Tinggi Kuala Lumpur hari ini.
Beliau juga tidak pasti berapa banyak kondominium di Singapura yang dibeli dengan nama keluarga berkenaan untuk NFC namun mengesahkan bahawa sekurang-kurangnya sebuah kondominium telah dibeli.
PKR pada Disember 2011 mendakwa suami Shahrizat Datuk Seri Mohamad Salleh Ismail dan anaknya Wan Shahinur Izran dan Wan Izzana Fatimah Zabedah membeli kondominium mewah seluas 2,282 kaki persegi di Anthony Road, Singapura.
Rafizi seterusnya mendakwa keluarga Shahrizat membeli dua lagi kondominium bernilai RM34.6 juta di Marina Bay Suites.-malaysiakini
Sharizat - Saya anak mami Tanjung...
Ketua Wanita Umno Shahrizat Abdul Jalil hari ini menjelaskan aksi menggulung lengan baju beliau dan menarik baju kurung sedikit semasa perhimpunan agung tahunan parti itu tahun lepas tidak bertujuan untuk menunjukkan dia telah memilih bertarung dengan pengarah strategi PKR Rafizi Ramli.
"Saya juga telah gulung lengan baju saya di sini (di mahkamah) beberapa kali, bukan untuk berjuang. Saya seorang wanita yang agresif," katanya ketika memberi keterangan di Mahkamah Tinggi Kuala Lumpur petang ini apabila disoal balas oleh peguam Rafizi,Ranjit Singh.
Beliau menjelaskan reaksi beliau itu adalah satu ungkapan marah dan kesal atas serangan Rafizi terhadap beliau. "Pada asasnya, ia adalah reaksi saya kepada fitnah saya alami.
"Mereka (PKR) menjadikan ia satu isu besar semasa AGM Wanita Umno dan sebagai ketua, reputasi saya telah dipersoalkan oleh Wanita saya sendiri.
"Walaupun saya cuba menghalang diri saya sendiri, ia adalah reaksi semula jadi apabila saya marah atau berasa dianaiya. Menggulung lengan baju adalah perbuatan agak kewanitaan.
"Ia adalah satu ungkapan penyesalan dan bagi saya wanita tidak mesti dilakukan sedemikian," katanya.
Beliau menambah, ia juga merupakan reaksi semulajadi oleh seseorang yang berasal dari Pulau Pinang.
"Saya dari Pulau Pinang, kita sangat terdedah kepada bermacam2 isyarat," katanya, Ranjit sambil berjenaka menyatakan dia juga dari Pulau Pinang dan sama "terdedah kepada isyarat".- malaysiakini
Shahrizat: NFCorp beli Mercedes sebagai kereta syarikat, diletakkan di rumah
Shahrizat defends 'family-held' S'pore condos...
Former
federal minister Shahrizat Abdul Jalil has defended the purchase of
luxury condominiums in Singapore by members of her family, allegedly
using government funds meant to be invested in the National Feedlot
Centre.
Under cross-examination by Ranjit Singh, she said her family had only used their name to buy the condominiums as their company - National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) - could not obtain a loan.
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hahrizat (left) is suing PKR director of strategy Rafizi Ramli and the party’s Wanita chief Zuraida Kamaruddin for defamation.
"I was made to understand that, because NFC was a start-up, under Singapore law it could not apply for a loan in the country. So they had do it (make the purchases) under their personal names," she told the Kuala Lumpur High Court today.
However, Shahrizat could not confirm if the money used to purchase the condominiums came from NFC's RM250 million government soft loan, even though the investment was for the company.
She was also uncertain as to how many condominiums in Singapore had been bought in her family's name for NFC, but confirmed there was at least one.
PKR had in December 2011 claimed that Shahrizat's husband Mohamad Salleh Ismail (left)
and children Wan Shahinur Izran Mohamad Salleh and Wan Izzana Fatimah
Zabedah Mohamad Salleh had purchased a RM10 million 2,282 sq foot luxury
condominium unit in Anthony Road.
Rafizi later claimed that Shahrizat's family had bought two more units worth RM34.6 million at the Marina Bay Suites.
'Mercedes for foreign guests'
Shahrizat also defended NFC’s purchase of a luxury car, a Mercedes Benz CLS worth RM534,622, through the family-owned National Meat and Livestock Corporation.
"It was a company car for (NFC's) four directors, (to be used) for foreign guests. It (NFC) is after all a big project.
"They bought it on hire purchase, like many other business enterprises in Malaysia. It is basically for (overseas) partners.”
She stressed that the downpayment for, and use of, the vehicle was shared by the four NFC directors.
When Ranjit asked her to identify the four directors, she conceded that it was her husband and three children. This drew giggles from the public gallery.
Shahrizat also said the car was parked in her family home most of the time, but that she had not queried it until the NFC scandal broke.
There were several humorous moments in court as Ranjit took a tougher stance against Shahrizat who continued to sidestep questions by making statements against Rafizi.
"We can do this until the cows come home," said Ranjit which invited laughter, to which Shahrizat replied "Yes, we can do that".
At one more point, Ranjit told Shahrizat to refer to documents in Bundle B - he then muttered "B for beef", eliciting a smile from Shahrizat and laughter from the gallery.-malaysiakini
Under cross-examination by Ranjit Singh, she said her family had only used their name to buy the condominiums as their company - National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) - could not obtain a loan.
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hahrizat (left) is suing PKR director of strategy Rafizi Ramli and the party’s Wanita chief Zuraida Kamaruddin for defamation."I was made to understand that, because NFC was a start-up, under Singapore law it could not apply for a loan in the country. So they had do it (make the purchases) under their personal names," she told the Kuala Lumpur High Court today.
However, Shahrizat could not confirm if the money used to purchase the condominiums came from NFC's RM250 million government soft loan, even though the investment was for the company.
She was also uncertain as to how many condominiums in Singapore had been bought in her family's name for NFC, but confirmed there was at least one.
PKR had in December 2011 claimed that Shahrizat's husband Mohamad Salleh Ismail (left)
and children Wan Shahinur Izran Mohamad Salleh and Wan Izzana Fatimah
Zabedah Mohamad Salleh had purchased a RM10 million 2,282 sq foot luxury
condominium unit in Anthony Road.Rafizi later claimed that Shahrizat's family had bought two more units worth RM34.6 million at the Marina Bay Suites.
'Mercedes for foreign guests'
Shahrizat also defended NFC’s purchase of a luxury car, a Mercedes Benz CLS worth RM534,622, through the family-owned National Meat and Livestock Corporation.
"It was a company car for (NFC's) four directors, (to be used) for foreign guests. It (NFC) is after all a big project.
"They bought it on hire purchase, like many other business enterprises in Malaysia. It is basically for (overseas) partners.”She stressed that the downpayment for, and use of, the vehicle was shared by the four NFC directors.
When Ranjit asked her to identify the four directors, she conceded that it was her husband and three children. This drew giggles from the public gallery.
Shahrizat also said the car was parked in her family home most of the time, but that she had not queried it until the NFC scandal broke.
There were several humorous moments in court as Ranjit took a tougher stance against Shahrizat who continued to sidestep questions by making statements against Rafizi.
"We can do this until the cows come home," said Ranjit which invited laughter, to which Shahrizat replied "Yes, we can do that".
At one more point, Ranjit told Shahrizat to refer to documents in Bundle B - he then muttered "B for beef", eliciting a smile from Shahrizat and laughter from the gallery.-malaysiakini
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