SHAH ALAM: Non-governmental organisation Gabungan Wawasan Generasi Felda (GWGF) wants Felda to reveal the identities of those involved in the dubious RM200 million sale of the agency's land in Jalan Semarak.
Its chairman Tan Sri Rozali Ismail said the ownership transfer of any land under joint development cannot be done before the full completion of the project.
Rozali said as an NGO representing Felda settlers, GWGF is disappointed with Felda's leadership who have thus far not provided any explanation on issues pertaining to the matter or their plans to resolve it.
He said the Felda administration have too often made decisions without considering the views of settlers or the Felda youth.
"We want to know which party within Felda made the decision for the ownership transfer of this land. Apart from that in the past five or six years, there have been issues with investments made by Felda which never prioritised the settlers an Felda's next generation," said Rozali.
"Such decisions are unprofessional."
Rozali added that GWGF wants to ensure that such issues do not arise again.
"We hope such issues are not repeated as we have seen with the herbal city project and hotels," he said.
"The rights of Felda settlers are being taken for granted."
He said GWGF will not hesitate to file a report with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) should they discover evidence of abuse of power in the ownership transfer of the land.
"We also want Felda to appoint an independent panel to monitor affairs involving investments," said Rozali.
"This panel should include children of Felda settlers, seeing that there are many among Felda's younger generation who are qualified professionals," he said in calling for Felda to tighten its guidelines on investments.
GWGF also wants Felda to provide explanations on the risks involved in the sale of the land, especially to settlers and their children.
"After these issues were highlighted in the press, I had called the executive committee to discuss these matters and we have decided to send an official letter demanding an explanation from Felda," said Rozali, adding that the letter will be sent to Felda in the first week of next month.
It was reported yesterday that Felda faced the risk of losing ownership of a plot of land in Jalan Semarak which is currently being developed under the Kuala Lumpur Vertical City (KLVC) project.
KLVC is planned as a seven-tower project, which includes an iconic Felda Tower to be known as KLVC Tower 1A.
A search on the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) website showed that the development of KLVC Tower 1A has been approved.
The approval is for the development of a 68-storey office block, comprising 59 floors of offices, two floors of podium offices, six floors of parking space and two floors of underground parking lots.
Translated from Berita Harian