Jais acquisition of land unlawful, says Court of Appeal

PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has declared that the acquisition of a 10ha land belonging to a deve­loper by Selangor Islamic Religious Department’s (Jais) to build a mosque, as unlawful.

The Court allowed the appeal brought by United Allied Empire Sdn Bhd (UAE) to overturn the High Court’s dismissal of its judicial review application.