Annuar Musa denies DBKL assets were sold during his time, threatens to sue MP

KUALA LUMPUR: Tan Sri Annuar Musa (pic) has refuted allegations that 42 assets owned by Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) were sold during his tenure as Federal Territories Minister.

He claimed that no applications were made by DBKL to sell assets or land banks to date.

“I want to stress here that up till this second and date, there have been no applications by DBKL to sell assets, ” he told a press conference in Parliament on Thursday (Nov 19).

Annuar repeated his denial three times during the press conference, saying he has already instructed his lawyers to take legal action against the allegations made by Cheras MP Tan Kok Wai on Wednesday (Nov 18).

“I’m disappointed by such allegations made by a long-serving MP. He surely has the chance to speak inside Parliament so I can answer. But he chose to speak outside Parliament.

“Because he made those allegations outside Parliament, they are subject to certain laws and I have instructed my lawyers to take action.

“I view these allegations seriously, ” he said.

Tan had claimed that 42 DBKL land assets were sold during Annuar’s time as Federal Territories Minister.

On Tuesday (Nov 17), the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman Wong Kah Woh said that based on its proceedings, it found that DBKL did not have any SOP for the disposal or sale of its land.

He said there were 97 transactions of DBKL land that were carried out without referring to any standard operating procedure since 2011.

Meanwhile, Annuar said the 97 transactions were made during the former Pakatan Harapan and Barisan Nasional administration.

“Pakatan had the chance in the 22 months when they were the government, they should have resolved it.

“If there are unresolved issues, we, the Perikatan Nasional government, will continue to follow up on these issues based on current procedures, ” he said.

Annuar added that he has instructed his ministry to scrutinise and improve the current SOPs for the disposal or sale of DBKL land.