“MCA has claimed that the land was going to be used for public use, but I now challenge them to come clean before other evidence comes out,” said Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua.
“Did they try to sell this piece of land, or is the land in the process of being sold?”
If MCA had indeed attempted to sell the land, he added, it was only to make a quick profit.
Pua and Damansara Utama assemblywoman Yeo Bee Yin today submitted their objection to the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) over the application made by Selangor MCA to change the one-acre plot of land from a water body to commercial land.
Yeo said according to the local city plan, MBPJ had received the application from MCA to change the zoning early this year.
She said based on the procedure, the application could not be rejected until it had been displayed in public, where it will remain until Nov 10.
“So if they say the piece of land is for public service, don’t change the zoning to commercial.
“If it is for public service, why put it in a water body land?”
She added that it was a very low area which could overflow and flood.
On Sept 14, DAP said Selangor MCA had purchased a one-acre plot of land in 2007 for RM1 psf when it was worth RM400 psf.
Yeo and Pua said such a price was normally reserved for religious institutions wishing to build places of worship.
However, MCA hit back at the claims, with its vice-president Chew Mei Fun saying there was nothing wrong with the transaction which had been done legally.
“MCA is providing services to the public,” she had said.
Chew also accused Pua of purposely dragging his feet in the matter, saying he had failed to do his homework as MPs did not sit in at district-level land committee meetings which decide on land matters.
PJ Utara MCA chairman Tan Gim Tuan meanwhile said Pua should clarify on what basis he claimed the land was valued at RM400 psf.
On Sept 19, Chew said she had instructed her lawyers to issue a letter of demand to Yeo for an apology.
She also requested that Yeo remove a video from her Facebook page featuring comments by Yeo and Pua on the land deal.