SHAH ALAM: The Selangor government is likely to carry out an internal probe and audit on all its agencies to find out if there were any other departments involved in the illegal transfer of land titles through the new e-Tanah system.
Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari (pic) said this is to comprehensively address the issue of illegal land transfer activities in the state.
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"We accept the recommendation from the Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) and will consider... an internal audit on all our other agencies and departments to determine whether this issue has also occurred there or not,” he told reporters after delivering his New Year 2025 Message here on Monday (Jan 27).
On Sunday (Jan 26), Bukit Aman CCID director Comm Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf recommended that all government agencies, especially the Klang District and Land Office (PDT), run an internal audit and investigation to ascertain if there were other PDTs involved in illegal land transfer cartel in the state.
Ramli said that if there is evidence or information linking other PDTs to the criminal case, the police are ready to investigate.
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Amirudin said the state government would tighten procedures related to the e-Tanah system to curb further malpractices.
He added that the activity of each individual accessing the system would be recorded.
"From now on, e-Tanah system users will be required to register their username, and their logins will be recorded so that we can track and identify who accessed the system, when, and so on,” he said.
It was reported that the police had uncovered an illegal land transfer operation involving "insiders" at the Klang PDT, leading to the arrest of 17 civil servants since September.
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They are suspected of being involved in a cartel that facilitated the illegal transfer of 9.4ha of land worth RM7.1mil.
Selangor Land and Mines Office (PTGS) director Datuk Dr Yusri Zakariah confirmed on Tuesday (Jan 21) that employees at the Klang PDT were among the 17 arrested.
He said PTGS’ internal investigation found that the crime was believed to have occurred during the process of transitioning from the old system to the new e-Tanah system and that the eight Klang PDT employees involved have been transferred to other departments not related to land matters. – Bernama
