Malaysians not only want to hear what the National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) has got to say, but also what the government and the ministers involved in the RM300 million controversy have got to say.

NONE After the NFC executive chairman Mohamad Salleh Ismail had broken his three-week silence on it, Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin ( right ) said they would leave it to the people to decide whether to accept the NFC's explanation or not because the NFC has explained each issue that has surfaced.

In response, DAP Parliamentary Leader Lim Kit Siang pointed out in a statement today that Muhyiddin was the agriculture minister who approved the RM300 million NFC project in 2006.

"Would Muhyiddin have said when approving the NFC project, that it was legally, morally and ethically proper for the NFC to use RM250 million soft-loan at two percent interest to buy condos?

"In fact, that is a question every cabinet minister must now answer, especially as Muhyiddin claims that the government ‘knows the truth'.

"Whether they think it is proper for NFC to use the soft loan meant to promote cattle production to achieve greater beef self-sufficiency to buy two luxury condominiums - whether this is not criminal breach of trust and a gross abuse of powers and public funds?"

NONE Lim ( left ) added that Muhyiddin should realise that it was not just the NFC executive chairman Salleh and his wife, the Minister for Women, Family and Community Development Shahrizat Abdul Jalil who are in the dock, Muhyiddin and the entire present cabinet are also in the dock.

The MP for Ipoh Timor added it was was clear that the Auditor-General was unaware of the NFC's "cattle condo" scandals when conducting the audit of the National Feedlot Centre project from January to March 2011.

If he did, his strictures would be more scathing than describing it as a "mess" and having failed to achieve the 2010 production target of 8,000 head of cattle, achieving only 3,289 head of cattle or 41.1 percent of the target set.

"As Salleh has said that NFC has nothing to hide, he should volunteer to appear before the Parliamentary Accounts Committee (PAC) which is meeting on Wednesday on the NFC issue, to put to rest all questions of impropriety, accountability and integrity swirling about it," said Lim in conclusion.