Shahrizat starts to crack: Turns bitchy, calls Rafizi "jambu" but dare not touch Rafidah

Back to the wall Shahrizat Jalil showed her claws with a low blow at PKR strategy director Rafizi Ramli, but did not have the guts to refute her seniors and her own deputy in Umno who want her out before she destroys their party beyond repair.

"It is a low blow and I understand she must feel the pressure. But we have to be professional. If she and her family are innocent, she would welcome the chance to prove her innocence," Rafizi told Malaysia Chronicle.

Under pressure, Shahrizat resorted to the farcical and the crude

Told in no uncertain terms by the former Umno Wanita chief Rafidah Aziz to "damn it" and get out, and before that by former premier Mahathir Mohamad to "go before she is chased out", and just a day ago by deputy Wanita chief Kamilia Ibrahim to not be a burden to Umno, it was tough for the shell-shocked Shahrizat to put on a brave face.

"No, absolutely not" - Shahrizat insists NFC no impact on Umno

Under fire from her own party, Wanita Umno chief Datuk Seri Shahrizat Jalil attempted to silence detractors today by insisting that the National Feedlot Corporation (NFCorp) scandal would have no effect on the ruling party.

“No, absolutely not,” she told reporters at Hospital Kuala Lumpur here when asked if claims of financial misappropriation at the cattle-raising company would hurt Umno.

Shahrizat (picture) said there was a “dichotomy” between her political role as head of the women’s wing and her personal one as the wife of NFCorp chairman Datuk Seri Mohamad Salleh Ismail, who has been linked to the scandal by PKR.

“I stand here today as Wanita Umno chief. You’re not speaking to me as spouse of the CEO or the chairman (of NFCorp),” she said.

Four caught in the act of stealing ATM

A Colombian gang skilled in disabling sophisticated alarm systems before carting away ATM machines was caught in the act by police.

Policemen in Bandar Teknologi Kajang spotted the gang members trying to load an ATM machine, containing some RM200,000 (S$83,000), into their rented Cherry Eastar car at 1.10am on Jan 28.

A scuffle ensued before police managed to arrest one of the suspects, aged 35, said district police chief Asst Comm Abdul Rashid Abdul Wahab.