COMMENT After almost one month of inexplicable silence, National Feedlot Corporation Sdn Bhd (NFC), which is the target of brick-bats and the center of a swirling controversy both inside and outside Parliament, finally broke its silence.

Mohamad Salleh Ismail, chairperson of NFC and husband of Women, Family and Community Development Minister Shahrizat Jalil, held a press conference on Nov 17 to defend NFC. He said everything was dandy; the project was right on target, and there was no impropriety.