Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak kept mum today over reports that Umno Wanita chief Shahrizat Abdul Jalil would be appointed as his special officer on women’s affairs.

“No announcement for anything yet, just leave it at that,” he told a press conference in Putrajaya today.

Today, The Star had reported that Shahrizat was expected to be appointed as Najib’s special officer on women’s affairs soon.

In 2008, despite losing in the general election, Shahrizat was made senator and appointed women, family and community development minister.

However, she ceased to be minister after her tenure as a senator was not renewed in light of a corruption scandal.

Shahrizat's has been plagued in the National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) scandal in which the company, owned by her family, was accused of abusing a RM250 million government loan.

They were alleged to have spent the money on expensive properties and holiday trips instead of using them for the national beef valley project.