PKR will launch a campaign to take the National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) scandal into the rural areas, hoping to make it a landmark issue in its efforts to topple the BN government in the next general election.

The campaign, dubbed ‘Reject 1Malaysia Cow Government’, will focus on the rural and Felda areas to break the information blackout on the scandal imposed by the mainstream media .

“From the feedback on the ground, it is a hot issue, the talk of the town. The kampung people can associate and relate themselves with the issue.

NONE “Before we say anything, they will ask us about the cows,” said PKR Wanita chief Zuraida Kamaruddin ( seated left in photo ) at a press conference at the party headquarters today to announce the campaign.

The campaign, led by the women’s wing, will mobilise all party branches throughout the nation and involve 50 to 100 party members in each state to spread the information about NFC.

A four-page leaflet listing all the alleged irregularities of NFC will be distributed in all 13 states and Kuala Lumpur simultaneously at 3pm on Saturday.

Zuraida, who is also the Ampang MP, will kick start the campaign at Palong 4, Palong 5 and Palong 6 in Negri Sembilan, the state where NFC farm is operating.

She condemned Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak for not only being silent on the issue but also for trying to hide it from the people by imposing restrictions on the media, especially the mainstream media, from reporting the issue.

“A lie has no leg, but a scandal has wings,” she said, quoting English historian Thomas Fuller.

NONE Holding up a copy of the leaflet, PKR Wanita vice-chief Haniza Talha urged all the wing’s members “to flood the nation with truth”.

PKR communications chief Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad ( seated left in photo ) pointed out that the failure of Najib in tackling “grand corruption”, such as NFC, was the main factor behind the drop in Malaysia’s corruption perception index.

“He is too afraid to take action against Umno warlords,” Nik Nazmi said.

Jingga 13 also launches campaign

During the press conference, Jingga 13, an outfit of PKR, also launched a campaign dubbed ‘Marah’ (angry) on the same scandal.

‘Marah’ is the acronym for ‘Mobilisasi Rakyat Anti Rasuah Dan Pecah Amanah’ (Mobilising citizens against corruption and breach of trust).

NONE According to Jingga 13 coordinator Fariz Musa ( left in photo ), who is also a former PKR Youth leader, the campaign is a people’s movement to reject political leaders and government servants who abuse their status and posts for the interest of themselves and their family members, and enjoy impunity.

The campaign will be officially launched by PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim in Pandan next Thursday.

Fariz said that the group will also invite the media to visit the land allegedly purchased by NFC in Putrajaya on Sunday.

“We have identified the location of the land,” he said.

He again urged the police, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission and the Attorney-General’s Chambers to take swift against those involved in the scandal.

The campaign also targets netizens through a blog,  http://gerakanmarah.blogspot.com/ , and a Facebook page called Marah.

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