A Mara investment executive linked to the council's property scandal in Australia has escaped scrutiny, claims Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli.

Rafizi said the high-ranking individual had links to the companies involved in the controversial Dudley House purchase in Melbourne.

"If Mara did a proper check, it would stick out like a sore thumb; he (the executive) played a key role in the transactions.

"Clearly, there was a conflict (of interest) as the company in which he had an interest previously was directly involved in the Dudley House transactions," Rafizi ( photo ) told a press conference in the Parliament lobby today.

He said the individual's name had appeared in Australian court documents on the scandal.

Rafizi plans to release the documents because of the inaction against those involved in the dubious property deal.

Malaysiakini is withholding the executive's name pending a response from Mara.

Mara's dubious purchase of Dudley House was first revealed by Australian media in June.

The report unravelled several other property deals at inflated prices.

Mara chairperson Annuar Musa had said the council would conduct an internal probe on the matter.