Why does ex-top cop own four low-cost flats, asks PKR

PKR today sought an explanation from Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) regarding how a former top police officer managed to buy at least four low-cost flats in Miharja in the city centre of Kuala Lumpur. 

According to party consumer rights bureau chief Yahya Sahri, this was revealed through a DBKL property search. 

Withholding the name of the ex-officer, who is understood to have retired more than a decade ago, Yahya (left in photo) said that the search was done soon after he retired, and that the ex-officer still owns these flats. 

"The flats are owned by the ex-officer and his wife. 

"Deserving members of the public, particularly in the city, have to queue for these homes and yet a high-ranking police officer who has many other assets is able to buy these low cost-flats," he said.

According to the copies of the property searches distributed to media at a press conference today, the said ex-officer and his wife own 10 properties in Kuala Lumpur. 

High rental income

Besides the four Miharja low-cost flats, the ex-officer owns a unit each at Desa Kiara, Seputeh, Sri Rampai, Wangsa Maju and Setapak.

Yahya claimed that at the time of the search, DBKL had estimated the unit in Desa Kiara to have an annual rentable value of RM20,400.

Three units in Wangsa Maju, Sri Rampai and Setapak had an estimated rentable value of RM25,500, RM14,400 and RM10,200 respectively. 

The four Miharja low-cost units have a rentable value of between RM4,800 and RM6,000.

To a question, Yahya said he is only exposing the matter now, despite having conducted the search years ago, as there were more “critical” issues to expose before this. 

He claims that the ex-officer has even more assets outside Kuala Lumpur, but will only reveal this in subsequent press conferences. 

He added that he also has evidence showing that high-ranking officials outside the police force also own low-cost flats.