In a symbolic move of their commitment to block a controversial land deal in Bukit Raja involving Selangor Umno Wanita chief Raja Ropiaah Raja Abdullah, PKR Wanita today paid a visit to the site, armed with a hammer and sign boards.
Led by PKR Wanita chief Zuraida Kamaruddin, the group planted a signboard on one of three plots of the land supposedly owned by Raja Ropiaah.
It read: ‘Property of the Federal Land Commission: Trespassers will be prosecuted’.
The federal government had granted the land to Raja Ropiaah’s company Awan Megah Sdn Bhd as partial payment for it to construct the National Defense Training Centre (Puspahanas) for the Defence Ministry.
However, the Puspahanas project remains incomplete but the Bukit Raja plots of land became mired in controversy after Raja Ropiaah allegedly sold them to two different parties including businessperson Deepak Jaikishan.
All this was despite the land had yet to be released by the Federal Land Commission to Raja Ropiaah.
In another surprise development, the Defence’s Ministry’s Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera (LTAT)-owned Boustead announced December last year that it would purchase the Bukit Raja land from Raja Ropiaah.
“Right now the land is still with the government under the Federal Land Commission, so the government is trying to buy land that it already has, it is just for Raja Ropiaah to make easy money,” said Kota Raja MP Siti Mariah Mahmud, who was also present at the site.
The Pakatan Rakyat-led Selangor government had vowed that it will not allow the LTAT deal with Raja Ropiaah to go through as it would require the state’s approval.
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Led by PKR Wanita chief Zuraida Kamaruddin, the group planted a signboard on one of three plots of the land supposedly owned by Raja Ropiaah.
It read: ‘Property of the Federal Land Commission: Trespassers will be prosecuted’.The federal government had granted the land to Raja Ropiaah’s company Awan Megah Sdn Bhd as partial payment for it to construct the National Defense Training Centre (Puspahanas) for the Defence Ministry.
However, the Puspahanas project remains incomplete but the Bukit Raja plots of land became mired in controversy after Raja Ropiaah allegedly sold them to two different parties including businessperson Deepak Jaikishan.
All this was despite the land had yet to be released by the Federal Land Commission to Raja Ropiaah.
In another surprise development, the Defence’s Ministry’s Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera (LTAT)-owned Boustead announced December last year that it would purchase the Bukit Raja land from Raja Ropiaah.“Right now the land is still with the government under the Federal Land Commission, so the government is trying to buy land that it already has, it is just for Raja Ropiaah to make easy money,” said Kota Raja MP Siti Mariah Mahmud, who was also present at the site.
The Pakatan Rakyat-led Selangor government had vowed that it will not allow the LTAT deal with Raja Ropiaah to go through as it would require the state’s approval.
[More to follow]
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