NFC has defaulted on soft loan, claims MP
Kuek Ser Kuang Keng | 4:31PM Feb 25, 2012
The agreement between National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) and the government reveals that the company has defaulted on its RM250 million government soft loan for over a year, claimed Petaling Jaya MP Tony Pua.
According to the much-sought agreement leaked to Pua (right) by an unnamed source, NFC enjoys a three-year installment and interest-free grace period from the day it obtains the first drawdown.
Earlier on, NFC had said that the first drawdown of RM7 million was in January 2008.
Hence the repayment should begin as early as January 2011 when the three-year grace period ended, Pua pointed out.
"We are now in February 2012. Our understanding is that they have not paid a single sen. They are long beyond the grace period," he said.
However, NFC claimed that it will start servicing its loan repayment beginning this year as stipulated in its loan agreement.
The DAP national publicity secretary then took to task the Finance Ministry (MOF) for not doing anything to recover its loan and freeze the project as NFC had clearly defaulted on the loan.
No penalty
On the penalty stated in the agreement in the event of a default, he flashed a wry smile and pointed out that Clause 11 of the document states that NFC only needs to pay default interest on the outstanding loan at a non-compounding flat rate of two percent annual interest.
This is the same interest rate as for the whole loan.
"This is one of the worst loan agreements I have ever seen," said Pua, who was a CEO and founder of a Malaysian IT company listed in Singapore before venturing into politics.
During the press conference at the DAP's Kuala Lumpur national headquarters today, Pua distributed copies of the agreement to reporters.
The agreement was signed by NFC chairperson Mohamad Salleh Ismail and his son Wan Shahinur Izran who is also NFC director, and two senior MOF officials representing the government, on Dec 6, 2007.
Salleh is the husband of Women, Family and Community Development Minister Shahrizat Abdul Jalil who has been under tremendous pressure to resign from cabinet after the scandal exploded.
In a related development, the Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) today announced that the police have recommended to the attorney-general to charge several NFC directors for criminal breach of trust.
35-page NFC loan agreement
Source: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/190260
3 comments:
Who came out with the company's statement after the police announcement? No dishonesty? It sounded like a child doing their PR..
All these revelations by your is because Najib needs the support of the Umno wanita chief to stay as president of Umno and thus as P.M..
As a consequent he will not take any punitive action her and her family.
Clearly Najib must knows from the start the whole project was a big scandal. With the husband as the chairman and son as CEO and now the speculation in the property market especially outside Malaysia. Yet so long after there were revealed and exposed yet Najib would still take no action are proof of his inaction.
How could Malaysia afford such soft loan with an interest free three year period of Ringgit 250 million when the nation's budget is in deficit and above all is borrowing with interest !
Only the stupid will still believe in him, come on out and vote these deceitful and corrupted Umno scumbags and parasites out of Putrajaya in the coming GE ! One more question for Najib if Lynas is so safe, why is it not built in Australia ?
"One more question for Najib if Lynas is so safe, why is it not built in Australia ?"
You want to know why?? Because life is so cheap in malaysia than Australia. Ask our politikus, they will happily give more examples; proton cars, motorbikes, and trigger happy polis
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