LONG-STANDING land-related issues affecting Kuala Lumpur folk have finally landed former federal territories minister Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor in trouble with the law, said residents’ groups.

“You and I know the issues involving Adnan,” said Brickfields Rukun Tetangga chairman S.K.K Naidu.

“There are long-standing issues regarding the Bukit Kiara land, parking lots and billboard placements. All over. He met the people and said he would discuss the problems, but nothing came out of it.

“For all the wrongdoing, action has to be taken. There must have been justification for this development. He has to be answerable to the law.”

A month after the May 9 elections, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission raided Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) headquarters and seized documents in connection with the sale of 64 lots of DBKL land worth RM4.28 billion.

DAP lawmaker Lim Lip Eng lodged a report with the commission on May 16, claiming that DBKL sold the 64 lots of land, involving 171.7ha, without any open tender to Yayasan Wilayah Persekutuan between 2013 and this year. 

Adnan, who is also Putrajaya MP, was then accused of approving the sale.

After Pakatan Harapan swept into power, MACC began investigating allegations of corruption linked to the sale of land, and Adnan was questioned 12 times.

He was summoned again yesterday, for the 13th time, and this time, arrested.

MACC in a statement later said Adnan and businessman Tan Eng Boon will be charged today over the sale of DBKL land.

Bukit Bandaraya Residents’ Association adviser M. Ali said affected residents have had to take up the issue of land sales with the council and the government in the past.

“It was done in the interest of the city,” he said, adding that residents will now await the outcome of the trial.

“Each and everyone one of us is accountable for our actions. However, we have to let the process take its course.

“One should not pass judgment until he is proven guilty in the eyes of the law.” – November 15, 2018.