The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has denied claims that it had not taken any action regarding the National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) issue.

“The commission would like to stress that evidence- and information-gathering action has been carried out since the issue was first highlighted in the 2010 Auditor-General’s Report which stated that the project has not achieved the target set by the government,” the commission said in a statement.

The statement added that the commission received complaints from a group of non-governmental organisations claiming that there were irregularities concerning the loan obtained by the NFC to buy a luxury condominium, priced at RM9.8 million, in the Klang Valley.

However, after scrutinising these complaints, the MACC complaints committee found that it did not have elements of corruption, and would forward the matter to the police, it said.

The statement added that the MACC would act upon complaints or reports if there were elements of corruption and that if there were none, it would refer them to the related agencies.

It said that the MACC referred to the police 313 complaints in 2009 and 201 in 2010 for further action while the police referred 102 reports in 2009 and 95 in 2010 for further action by the MACC.

- Bernama

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