Ramasamy said Rahman, who was former urban wellbeing, housing and local government minister, had been found by the court to have acted ultra vires (beyond his powers) by allowing the EOT.
He said the approval was also questionable as it had been appealed by a woman who claimed to be the director of the developer, but was not.
It was an egregious oversight on Rahman’s part for not checking beforehand if the woman was indeed the developer’s director, he said.
“Rahman, please do not talk so much. Resign from the posts until the investigations are over.
“The prime minister should not protect him as he is a liability to Umno and BN. He is not fit to be a minister,” Ramasamy said in a press conference at Komtar today.
The Kuala Lumpur High Court had ruled in favour of 104 buyers who sought compensation from a developer for late delivery of the condo units at Jalan Kuchai Lama, in Kuala Lumpur.
The buyers sought to nullify the 12-month extension given by Rahman to the condo’s developers on the delivery of the units.
In January, the court ruled that the housing controller had no right to grant an EOT to developers who delayed the completion of housing projects.
Earlier this month, Batu Kawan DAP members Satees Muniandy and P David Marshel had lodged a report with the police and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission over the matter.
They alleged that a woman with a “Puan Sri” title had lobbied Rahman on behalf of the developer, BHL Construction Sdn Bhd (BHL), for an extension on the delivery date for the condo project.
They also claimed that the Puan Sri was the wife of a top government public prosecutor.
But according to documents from the Companies’ Commission of Malaysia dated Mar 23, the Puan Sri did not hold any post or directorship in BHL, Satees said.
Satees said last week, policemen from Bukit Aman had taken statements from him and David. The policemen told them the federal police’s prosecution and legal team were investigating the matter.
Later, Ramasamy also revealed several letters shown in court on the case.
First was the appeal letter written by BHL director Lim Boo Kian to the housing ministry, dated Oct 20, 2014. The ministry rejected the appeal on Oct 24.
The second appeal letter was written by BHL director Faridah Begum K A Abdul Kader, dated Oct 28, 2014.
In the letter, which carried the BHL Group of Companies letterhead, Faridah appealed to Rahman, asking him to “exercise minister’s prerogative rights” to allow an extension of time.
In the third letter, dated July 2, 2015, another appeal was sent to the housing ministry by Faridah. This time, it was to a housing controller named Jessylina Mat Lazim, seeking an update on their earlier appeal.
In the fourth letter dated Nov 17, a housing ministry official by the name of Jayseelan K Navaratnam sent a letter to the “directors” of BHL, saying their appeal had been considered and approved.
Ramasamy said these were the same documents presented as evidence during the KL High Court trial.