Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) has declined to respond to claims that it was facing difficulties in fulfilling their core responsibilities to some 100,000 Felda settlers.

"I don't want to comment at the moment because we are working on something," said Felda director Noor Ehsanuddin Mohd Harun Narrashid.

"When comes the right time, we will make announcement. You (can) ask me then and I will answer," he told Malaysiakini.

Yesterday, PKR vice-president Rafizi Ramli said some 100,000 new settlers who joined the scheme in the 1980s would have their oil palm crop matured by now and would require replanting.

However, Felda's audited accounts in 2014 had showed that replanting cost amounted to some RM2.5 billion, while income was recorded at only RM871.1 million.

This calls into question whether Felda was capable of helping the settlers replant those crops. Without help from Felda, these settlers, most of which were in their 60s, would suffer, claimed Rafizi.

Noor Ehsanuddin, who is also the Kota Tinggi MP, said Rafizi was entitled to say whatever he wanted.

"Do you believe everything he says all the time? I don't think we have an issue with him," he said.

Felda is currently under the spotlight for acquiring a 37 percent stake in Indonesia's PT Eagle High Plantations Tbk, at a share price of more than double it was worth on the stock market.

There are also concerns over falling share prices of its subsidiary Felda Global Ventures (FGV).

Confidence in the company took a hit recently after the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) announced that it had fully divested its stake in the company. Felda owns a 21 percent stake in FGV.