Family has two more S’pore suites, claims PKR

PETALING JAYA: Following allegations that the family of Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil owns condominium units in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, the PKR has further claimed the family has two more luxury suites in the republic.

PKR strategic director Rafizi Ramli said the two other units in Singapore's Marina Bay, with a price tag of $S14.29mil (or RM34.6mil), were bought on May 27, 2010.

He alleged the Marina Bay suites were bought under the names of National Feedlot Corporation chairman Datuk Dr Mohamed Salleh Ismail and NFC chief executive officer Wan Shahinur Izran Salleh.

Dr Salleh is the husband of the Women, Family and Community Development Minister while Wan Shahinur is their son.

Rafizi claimed the loans for the condominium units were obtained from Maybank and United Overseas Bank.

He alleged the personal loans were obtained through leverage from a RM180mil fixed deposit kept in a local bank.

Reacting to the latest PKR allegations, the NFC said they would respond “in due time”.

A spokesman said they need time to “comb through” the allegations before responding.

The NFC issue was first highlighted in the 2010 Auditor-General's report.

Since then, the Opposition had claimed that the loan disbursed by the Government had been used for non-agriculture related investments.

Drawn in by the controversy, Shahrizat took a three-week break recently to facilitate MACC investigations into the NFC. She reported back to work yesterday.