National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) Sdn Bhd chairperson Mohamad Salleh Ismail told the High Court in Kuala Lumpur today that Najib Abdul Razak gave the approval for his project when the latter was deputy prime minister and deputy chairperson of the National Implementation Task Force Committee.

Testifying at NFC's and his defamation suits against PKR's Rafizi Ramili and news portal Malaysiakini , he said the approval was given by Najib sometime in 2007.