SEPANG, Feb 3 — Wanita Umno chief Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil says she plans to continue leading the women’s wing of the party despite the National Feedlot Corporation (NFCorp) scandal implicating her family, The Star Online reported her as saying this evening.
Shahrizat (picture), who returned to Malaysia today after performing the umrah for the third time in two months, told the news portal the scandal is Allah’s way of testing her resilience as a leader.
The women, family and community development minister also said she “would not … succumb to this type of political theatre orchestrated by the opposition.”
In fact, the attacks have made her even more determined to lead Wanita Umno’s charge into the next general election, she added.
In a related development, Shahrizat declined to respond directly to recent statements by her deputy Datuk Kamilia Ibrahim as well as her Wanita Umno predecessor, Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz, saying only that she “knows where Kamilia is coming from.”
NFCorp’s assets were frozen after investigations were launched by the police and the MACC following a series of exposes by PKR against the company owned by senior minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil’s family.
The opposition party has accused NFCorp of spending at least RM27 million in public funds on land, property and expenses unrelated to cattle farming.
Shahrizat returns to ministerial duties on February 6 after taking three weeks’ leave to allow the authorities to complete their probe.
Shahrizat (picture), who returned to Malaysia today after performing the umrah for the third time in two months, told the news portal the scandal is Allah’s way of testing her resilience as a leader.
The women, family and community development minister also said she “would not … succumb to this type of political theatre orchestrated by the opposition.”
In fact, the attacks have made her even more determined to lead Wanita Umno’s charge into the next general election, she added.
In a related development, Shahrizat declined to respond directly to recent statements by her deputy Datuk Kamilia Ibrahim as well as her Wanita Umno predecessor, Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz, saying only that she “knows where Kamilia is coming from.”
NFCorp’s assets were frozen after investigations were launched by the police and the MACC following a series of exposes by PKR against the company owned by senior minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil’s family.
The opposition party has accused NFCorp of spending at least RM27 million in public funds on land, property and expenses unrelated to cattle farming.
Shahrizat returns to ministerial duties on February 6 after taking three weeks’ leave to allow the authorities to complete their probe.
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