Khir: Police probe of land fraud in Selangor still on
05/04/2008 The Star By WANI MUTHIAH

SHAH ALAM: The previous state government had detected cases of land fraud in Selangor and reported them to the police, said former Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Khir Toyo.

“Investigations were initiated and are still underway,” Dr Mohd Khir told a press conference at the Selangor Umno headquarters yesterday.

He said land-cheating cases existed in Selangor even before he became the state’s mentri besar eight years ago.

“It is the work of an outside syndicate with links to insiders,” he said.

Dr Mohd Khir urged the current state government to scrutinise all land registration data for more feedback on the land cheating cases.

He said the fraudulent acts could have happened during the transitional window period when manual data was tabulated into the respective land offices’ computer system and names could have been changed when this transition was taking place.

“We hope the state government will be able to bring the culprits to book,” said Dr Mohd Khir, adding that several officers from the relevant agencies had been sacked for their involvement in land scams during his eight-year-tenure.

He stressed that no former exco members were involved in the scams.

On another matter, Dr Mohd Khir said he would also declare his assets and hand over the information to the state secretariat.

He added that children of exco members who were above the age of 21 should not be exempted from declaring their assets as well.

“The declaration of assets should encompass all immediate relatives of office bearers,” he said.