The Penang government can sell the land at Taman Manggis, Jalan Zainal Abidin, to the state BN on the condition that the title for the land will not be transferred to any party.

NONE It is also on the condition that Kuala Lumpur International Dental Centre (KLIDC), the company which won the bid for the land, and does not object to it, DAP chairman Karpal Singh said today.

However, he said, KLIDC could take legal action against the state government as the company had already made the full payment for the property.

"It is up to the company to take any action. KLIDC has the right to file a case against the state government because there is already an agreement," he told reporters here today.

Karpal said this when asked on the state government's action in offering the land for sale, despite the property already being sold to a private sector.

Penang gov't taking a risk

The state government is taking a risk by selling the 0.45 hectare site to BN because the land has been sold to KLIDC, he added.

Last Oct 3, the BN Youth made payment of RM224,073, which is one percent of the total price of the land (RM22 million), in earnest money for the land offered by the state government.

The land at Taman Manggis was initially planned for phase two of the People's Housing project, but the state government had sold it to a developer for the construction of a 19-storey hotel, six-storey hospital and a five-storey car park.

- Bernama