Forensic audit on Felda land transfer begins tomorrow

Ikhwan Zulkaflee Ikhwan Zulkaflee Updated 6 years ago · Published on 7 Jan 2018 3:17PM · 3 Comments

Felda chairman Shahrir Samad says there will be no compromise and those involved will face action if there is any proof of wrong doing. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, January 7, 2018.

THE forensic audit on the transfer of ownership of a parcel of Felda land in Kuala Lumpur, will begin tomorrow, said its chairman Shahrir Samad.

He said there will be no compromise and if there is proof of any wrongdoing, those involved will have to face action.

Former Felda chairman Mohd Isa Abdul Samad was questioned by police on Friday as the authorities began investigations into the ownership transfer of the Felda land.

“We will take action. It can be internally or through legal means.

“We believe that the land transfer was done illegally. We want the land back,” Shahrir told reporters in Johor Baru today.

He added that the cost of the forensic audit, which will be conducted by a foreign firm, will be borne by the Prime Minister’s Office.

This is not the first time Felda is being audited for malpractice in its business dealings.

Shahrir said an audit was conducted after the suspension of its former managing director Faizoull Ahmad.

The audit was done on projects under his supervision, among them the Sturgeon fish breeding project worth RM47.6 million.

“The audit was done in 2015 and later another audit was conducted by the auditor-general.

“Action was taken by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission following the audit and later, the case was taken to court,” Shahrir said.

Prime Minister Najib Razak on Thursday announced that the government had appointed a foreign firm in December to conduct a forensic audit in the land deal scandal.

Four Felda land parcels worth RM270 million had its ownership transferred to Synergy Promenade, a company that was given letter of authority to develop the land.

The land is expected to be developed for the Kuala Lumpur Vertical City (KLVC) project.

The land transaction occurred when Isa was chairman of Felda. – January 7, 2018.

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  • Most Malaysian have lost hope that Isa will be charged because he is protected by his Master. This is another wayang kulit - Isa will be set free and appointed to another organization to continue the corruption/abuse.

    Posted 6 years ago by Chris Ng · Reply

  • No political will forthwith COMING ......NOTHING GOOD CAN BE EXPECTED....

    Posted 6 years ago by Mohanarajan murugeson · Reply

  • THIS STINKS TO HiGH HEAVEN. Shahrir knew this in January. It's been WEEKS since the scandal broke.MACC has teams of forensic auditor why they did not spring into action immediately? . Now they say start forensic audit without knowing a time table. It smells of delay until GE is over and cover up. It can only be Isa Samad is in with the most powerful, you know who.

    Posted 6 years ago by Bigjoe Lam · Reply