Selangor land grabs: Now, MCA found sitting on cheap land

There have been more revelations of land grabs by Barisan Nasional while in power in Selangor.

The latest being a plot of land located in Kajang’s commercial centre covering 6,900 square feet.

According to Serdang member of parliament Teo Nie Ching the land was bought by Hulu Langat MCA at RM1 per square foot in 2001. Now, it is understood that the land costs RM150 per square foot.

“What is more surprising is that the land is now taken over by the Federal government for the MRT project with compensation to MCA at an undisclosed sum,” she told DAP organ Roketkini.

According to Teo, the Hulu Langat MCA division headquarters was constructed on the land, and not kindergarten or public halls as the party promised earlier when the land was bought.

Teo called on MCA president Chua Soi Lek and his son, Chua Tee Yong, who is also deputy Agriculture and Agro-based minister, to explain how the Chinese-only party managed to obtain land at such a low price.

“The compensation they get from Federal government is the profit they are making,” she said, and added that the Kajang Municipal Council building adjacent to the MCA division headquarters had demanded RM16 million as compensation for the MRT project.

Earlier, Sekinchan state assemblyman Ng Suee Lim disclosed 24 plots of lands sold to various BN component parties when the coalition ruled Selangor.

The 33.5 acres or 1.45 million square feet of lands, he said, had been sold at RM1 per square foot or RM1.4 million between 1999 and 2008. At market price, those lands would fetch between RM20 million and RM300 million.

Of the 24 plots of lands, Ng claimed five were bought by MCA.

-Harakahdaily