KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 465 cases of encroachment on Federal Government land have taken place from 2015 till May 2025, the Dewan Rakyat has been told.
Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani (pic), who is temporarily overseeing the Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Ministry, said the figure involved 215,406 hectares of Federal Government-owned land nationwide.
"For the case in Penang, 26 complaints involved encroachment on 18 lots of federal-owned land," said Johari in Parliament on Monday (July 28).
Johari said the Lands and Mines Department (director-general would coordinate joint programs with other enforcement agencies to address the issue.
According to Johari, notices under Section 425 of the National Land Code would be issued to encroachers.
Johari also said to ensure that federal land is not repeatedly encroached on, the government will come up with a method that will involve ministries or the consumer department.
"Every federal-owned land has development plans based on the Malaysian Plan," he said.
"But, developing the land is based on the priority and allocation given by the government," added Johari.
