Land grabs in Selangor: DAP reveals more

Serdang MP Teo Nie Ching exposed another 'land grab' involving MCA's Hulu Langat division.

KAJANG: DAP seems to be on a roll exposing land grabs by the MCA in Selangor. The latest disclosure came from Serdang MP Teo Nie Ching who today revealed that the Hulu Langat MCA division had in 2001 purchased a 641.04 square metre land for RM1 per square feet.

The land bordering a river was Kajang town. MCA subsequently built a four-storey building and housed its office there. In 2004 the party officially registered the building.

According to Teo, her search with the Hulu Langat Land Office indicated that the building was entrusted to three MCA members – former Hulu Langat MCA division chief, Choong Tow Chong and Law Kok Tian and Yap Chean Keong.

“The land was given to the trio by the former state government on Jan 10, 2001 and they formally registered the land and building in 2004.

“MCA should stop lying and buy buildings at current market prices just like we do in DAP, PKR and PAS,” she said alluding to recent allegations by MCA of land grabs by the Selangor Pakatan Rakyat government.

MCA, she said, would likely be making a sizeable profit from the acquisition of the land by MRT project.

Early this year, the MRT earmarked the land for its project and made MCA an offer.

FMT learnt that MCA and the MRT convenors are still in negotiations over the compensations.

Said Teo: “We want to know how much compensation did MCA receive for the land from the federal government? The compensation should be returned to the people.”

Teo’s disclosure follows a series of other revelations of land grabs by Umno-Barisan Nasional during its reign in Selangor.

Land grabs

It was the Sekinchan state representative Ng Suee Lim who first exposed that Umno and BN leaders were involved in owning 24 plots of land in Selangor, which were purportedly secured for community or welfare use.

Of the 24, 15 were owned by Umno branches and divisions. Of the 15, six is owned by former menteri besar, Dr Mohd Khir Toyo.

Former MIC president S Samy Vellu with party founder SOK Ubaidullah and one S Subramaniam are trustees for a 2,832 sq m plot in Kuala Selangor.

Kuang state representative Abdul Shukor Idrus, however, defended the move which he claimed was used to build public amenities.

But on Tuesday DAP presented evidence that one of the 24 plots of land meant for public use was for commercial purposes.

PJ Utara MP Tony Pua revealed evidence that land worth RM17.5 million was sold at RM87,000 to Selangor Umno before Pakatan took over the state.

Yesterday, Selangor DAP Youth led by its deputy Youth chief Tiew Way Keng lodged a report to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission in Shah Alam.