KUALA LUMPUR: The opposition coalition is permitted to level a report with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission on what they argue is a monopoly in the export of “bird nest” to China, the country's Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Noh Omar said. He said he would not protect any officer who committed the offenses and “whoever made such false allegations would also be charged.” Omar said after receiving a memorandum from the chairman of the Federation of Malaysia Bird Nest Traders Association, Lim Lai Soon accompanied by DAP Sekinchan state assemblyman Ng Suee Lim, Tanjong Karang Parti Keadilan Rakyat chief Mohd Yahya Mat Sahri and Rembau PKR chief Badrul Hisham Shaharin. The memorandum alleged that there was a monopoly in the export of bird nest to China and the condition of using radio frequency identification (RFID) was a trick by certain ministry officers in cohort with a group of bird nest traders. The minister also chided the attempt of the three opposition leaders to politicize the issue when the government struggled in its negotiation with Beijing to obtain its export approval.
