I am appalled by the letters recently published in the Star and New Straits Times from someone who claimed to be a consultant in the MAS catering divestment exercise.

Firstly, obviously as a paid consultant in the exercise (I am assuming he or she was paid), they would be pushing for this divestment (posh name for selling) and it would be difficult to get both sides of the story. That's like asking a defence lawyer to admit that his client is guilty, isn't it?

Secondly, I think it is a breach of confidentiality as well as professional ethics to divulge details of this exercise. It is not the done thing for consultants to go about blabbing what they did for their clients publicly, let alone having it appear in the papers.

Obviously, this could be a clever ploy by certain interested parties to release details to the public via the back door to allay the revulsion the mega-losses by MAS has generated. Maybe the consultant is still on the payroll and merely carrying out the instruction of his client, in which case the disclosure does not breach any confidentiality rules.

Can the consultant concerned confirm my conundrum please?