Four opposition parliamentarians who are members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) have contended that the committee's report on the National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) scandal was not sub judice and therefore should be allowed for Parliament tabling.

The report was completed by the previous PAC line-up and had been endorsed by the current PAC members but has been on the back burner for some months now.

The attorney-general had reportedly cautioned house speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia that the report could be sub judice

NFCorp executive chairperson Mohamad Salleh ( left ) is currently on trial for two counts of criminal breach of trust at the Kuala Lumpur High Court.

Pakatan Rakyat's PAC members, Tony Pua, Kamaruddin Jaafar, Kamarul Bahrin Abbas, and William Leong said today the PAC report did not deal with the ongoing trial.

He pointed out it instead dealt with the ‘process and conduct of the relevant government ministries in both approval and monitoring of the project’.

'Being abused'

"In UK’s and Canada's parliaments, it has been adopted that the imposition of the sub judice convention should be done with discretion, and where there was any doubt in the mind of the chair, a presumption should exist in favour of allowing the debate," Pua said at their press conference.

Pua ( centre in photo ) said that the PAC did not delve into the performance and financial affairs of the NFC group of companies.

"We therefore fear that the sub judice convention is being abused as an excuse to prevent material evidence from being presented," he said.

He warned that the officers implicated in the PAC report could ‘go scot-free’ if the AG blocks the report from being tabled in Parliament

"We urge the speaker to exercise his discretion in the interest of justice and to approve the immediate tabling of the NFC report," he said.