New Straits Times

MACC RAIDS KL CITY HALL, SEIZES DOCUMENTS LINKED TO SALE OF 64 LOTS OF LAND

MACC officers raid DBKL’s Menara 1 over the sale of 64 lots of land between 2013 and this year

- TASNIM LOKMAN tasnim@nst.com.my

ATEAM of Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officers raided Kuala Lumpur City Hall’s Menara 1 to seize documents linked to the sale of 64 lots of land between 2014 and this year.

A source told the New Straits Times that the team arrived at 2pm and headed for the Economic Planning and Developmen­t Department.

He said a lorry was used to transport the documents to the MACC headquarte­rs in Putrajaya.

MACC deputy chief commission­er (operations) Datuk Seri Azam Baki confirmed the raid, but declined to elaborate.

On May 30, Kepong member of parliament Lim Lip Eng said MACC had begun investigat­ing City Hall over the land controvers­y after Segambut MP Hannah Yeoh lodged a report.

Umno secretary-general Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor was federal territorie­s minister when the land sales took place.

Lim was previously quoted as saying that the 64 lots of land — believed to be worth RM4.28 billion — were sold to the private sector between 2013 and this year without an open tender process.

He had urged MACC to investigat­e the top management of a foundation over the issue.

Lim had said that if the lots were being used to build homes under the Federal Territorie­s Affordable Housing Programme (RUMAWIP) and if constructi­on work had already begun, then the projects should continue.

However, he had said if the projects had yet to begin, they should be stopped so that MACC could investigat­e.

 ?? BERNAMA PIC ?? Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission officers with the documents seized from the Kuala Lumpur City Hall headquarte­rs in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.
BERNAMA PIC Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission officers with the documents seized from the Kuala Lumpur City Hall headquarte­rs in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.
 ?? PIC BY ASYRAF HAMZAH ?? Malaysian Retailers Associatio­n president James Loke (left) at Ilham Tower in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.
PIC BY ASYRAF HAMZAH Malaysian Retailers Associatio­n president James Loke (left) at Ilham Tower in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.

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