KUALA LUMPUR: The entire Felcra Bhd board of directors quit the land development agency today, the latest clearout under the new Perikatan Nasional administration.
According to Malay Mail, chairman Datuk Nageeb Wahab, who replaced Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin in 2018, confirmed the resignations.
Nageeb was handpicked to lead the firm by the deposed Pakatan Harapan administration for his vast experience in the plantation industry.
He is still the CEO of the Malaysian Plantation Board and was formerly the vice-president at Sime Darby Plantation Sdn. Bhd.
“This is to make way for the new government to select candidates of their choice,” he said in a short text reply to Malay Mail.
The board members’ resignations came amid a major shakeup taking place in key government companies and agencies. Appointees of the PH government have had their contracts either terminated or were told to leave, according to sources.
Nearly all these appointments consisted of technocrats with no political affiliations, as part of the coalition’s push to eradicate rent-seeking in government-linked companioes.
Nageeb did not confirm nor deny that he and the rest of the Felcra board members were told to step down, and described the meeting with Rural Development Minister Datuk Abdul Latiff Ahmad prior to the resignation as “cordial.”
“The Felcra board members had a cordial meeting with YB Datuk Dr Latif of KPLB this morning,” he said. – April 9, 2020
