KUALA LUMPUR – The feud between ex-prime ministers Datuk Seri Najib Razak and Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad continues as the former accused the latter and his son of allegedly plundering land via lopsided deals.
In a Facebook post today, Najib alluded that the two-time prime minister had managed to secure a 60-year lease from the state government for a 13.75ha piece of beachfront land in Langkawi when Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir was the Kedah menteri besar.
“It wasn’t me who ‘paid’ the government RM3,200 a year for the lease, like ‘him’,” Najib said in his posting.
In a sarcastic manner, the Pekan MP said his son did not receive 1,000ha of land for logging – unlike Dr Mahathir’s son, Mukhriz.
Najib had attached documents regarding both transactions in his posting.
The first document noted Dr Mahathir had received a supposed offer of leased land from the Langkawi Development Authority in 2014, while the second apparently shows Mukhriz signing off on a logging application letter as Tanjung Tiara Sdn Bhd chairman in 1994.
Claiming that there are many more instances of similar unsavoury dealings involving the nonagenarian, Najib called on Dr Mahathir to clarify the contents of his other dealings.
“The land in Putrajaya that you said you ‘paid’ the government for, how big is it and how much did you pay?
“Where has the revenue of the sales from MRCB shares – that Pak Kadir said he was just a proxy to – gone?”
It is understood that Najib was referring to former journalist Datuk Abdul Kadir Jasin, who had served on the board of directors of Malaysian Resources Corporation Bhd (MRCB).
The Pekan MP dared Dr Mahathir to reveal whether he or his family had received any sort of land from the government.
Najib also highlighted his decision to reject the offer made to him, following his application to the government for a plot of land and house with an estimated value of RM100 million.
The expose that was recently revealed by Dr Mahathir at the Dewan Rakyat had triggered public outcry, prior to Najib rejecting the offer. – The Vibes, November 24, 2021
