Stop horsing around
LATEST (Oct 27): We goofed, says Ahmad Shabery. Read more here . ------ Everyone is suppose to adhere what the National Sports Council (NSC) says. But what happens when the NSC horses around with tax payers money? In 2008, Rizal Hashim called it a Malay Mail scoop after it was revealed NSC spent RM22.4 million on professional services, celebrations and hospitality. Then we had NSC purchasing two premier chalets in Port Dickson worth RM850,000 . Yesterday, the Auditor General Report 2010 revealed millions of Ringgit were spent on horses that could not perform and advertisement campaigns from money allocated for sports development. Mailsport called it a National Horse Show . The Olympic Council of Malaysia has demanded for transparency. But don't two key OCM personnel supposedly sit within the NSC Board? Don't they know what NSC spends on? Shouldn't the NSC notify the Board of such spending? Most importantly, is anyone bothered? Note: National Sports Institute was tasked to...