Hishammuddin labeled the accusations made by the former International Trade and Industry Minister in an open letter to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak as “full of misinformation and in some cases outright lies.”“I heard about what Rafidah said and I think it is full of misinformation and in some cases outright lies,” he said. Hishammuddin said Rafidah’s allegation that a company run by three persons owned every inch of Mindef’s (Defence Ministry) assets in Malaysia was false. Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein has dismissed Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz’s allegation that 40,000ha of army land had been transferred to a private company owned by three individuals. In her open letter, Rafidah alleged that Najib had proposed the privatisation of 40,000 ha of land owned by the Armed Forces with a lease of 40 years and without undergoing an open bidding process. She said Najib had proposed that the privatisation be directly awarded to a company owned by three individuals, two men and a woman.

Source: New Strait Times April 09, 2018 11:26 UTC