Khalid calls for explanation over Ijok land deal, Azmin denies allegations

SHAH ALAM: Former Selangor mentri besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim (pic) has called for an investigation into the land deal in Ijok involving two developers and the state government.

"Why was the land that was seized by the state government when I was mentri besar, returned, and then sold to another party?" asked Khalid in a statement on Thursday (Feb 15).

His statement follows Barisan Nasional strategic communications director Datuk Seri Abdul Rahman Dahlan's press conference on the matter on Wednesday (Feb 14).

Rahman had said that current Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Azmin Ali has to explain why the seized land was returned to the companies they were seized from.

Rahman added it was puzzling that the two companies had entered into an agreement to sell the land to a third party after it was returned to them.

Both the companies had sued the Selangor state government when Khalid had seized the land from them.

However, both the High Court and Court of Appeal had held in favour of the defendant.

The case was still pending at the Federal Court with Azmin filing a settlement agreement in May 2016 stating the Selangor government and the two companies had reached an agreement to annul the case.

When contacted, Azmin said these were unfounded allegations.

Khalid questioned the manner in which the transactions were carried out.

"It does not reflect good business sense in managing the assets of the people of Selangor," he added.