Tired of waiting for 800 missing cows to come home, Felcra participants together with Felda Settlers' Children Association (Anak) lodged a police report at the Perak Tengah police headquarters today, urging an investigation over the matter.

 

Anak president Mazlan Aliman, told Malaysiakini that the cows had gone missing from Felcra farms in Seberang Perak during the floods which hit between Nov 2014 and early this year.

 

"During the floods, we received information that cows in Felcra Seberang Perak had disappeared in large numbers, up to 800 cows," Mazlan said when contacted.

 

How the cows disappeared, remains a mystery.

 

"Cows are not ants or chickens [...] that area was not that badly hit by floods, so for me, it is impossible that a large animal like a cow would just disappear without a trace," Mazlan said.

 

Mazlan however said that the Felcra participants suspect the cows may have been 'moved' without their knowledge, hence the police report.

 

According to previous news reports, the cattle were imported for up to RM400 each, meaning at least RM320,000 worth of cows are now missing.

 

The cows were part of a Felcra cattle project introduced by the authority's then chairperson Tajuddin Abdul Rahman in 2008.

 

The government reportedly allocated RM18 million for the project, to purchase calves and construct 17 farms.

 

Tajuddin had claimed that if successful, the project would shore up the country's supply of beef, as well as generate between RM500 to RM1000 in additional income for 92,000 Felcra participants.

 

Mazlan however claimed the Felcra participants had not received any profit from the cows, and the authority may have actually lost several hundred million ringgit since the project began.

 

However he said further details will only be revealed later.  

 

"This may be another case of financial misappropriation a la the National Feedlot Corporation," Mazlan hinted, refering to the RM250 million NFC scandal involving Wanita Umno chief Shahrizat Abdul Jalil's husband and their family.