CAMERON HIGHLANDS: Landowners in Pahang who owe the state government RM81 million in quit rent arrears have been warned to pay up or risk losing their land.
Menteri Besar Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail said the state government may resort to such action if they failed to settle their quit rent for five consecutive years.
“It’s a huge sum (the arrears). The state government does not intend to seize the land but we will consider.
“For example, if it is a sizeable piece of land which yields crops such as musang king and oil palm and yet the quit rent is not serviced for five consecutive years on purpose, we will seize the land.
“Please pay the quit rent so that the government can use the money for other purposes,” he told reporters after launching the Puncak Arabella Hall in Tanah Rata today.
Wan Rosdy said, however, the government would not forfeit the land of those who were not able to pay quit rent.