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Azmin: No problem for MACC to raid my office
Published:  Feb 28, 2018 10:19 AM
Updated: 6:04 AM

Selangor Menteri Besar Azmin Ali has welcomed the MACC to take any documents related to the Ijok land deal from his office.

In a video uploaded to Facebook last night, the Bukit Antarabangsa assemblyperson said he had no qualms if MACC wanted to take these documents from his office in its raid.

"There is no problem for MACC (to) raid my office to investigate (the land deal) because the state government is open and has integrity," Azmin said.

He claimed that the Selangor government only intended to save the settlers in Ijok and not save the big companies.

It was previously reported that the state government had returned land in Ijok to two development companies, which later sold it to a third party at the market price amounting to RM1.18 billion, while the compensation given to the settlers was only about RM420 million.

MACC has denied speculation that the graft-buster raided the MB's office on Feb 21.

Training his guns at Selangor BN, Azmin said it was the previous state government that took away the land from the settlers by asking them to surrender their land titles.

In return, Azmin said, the settlers were promised RM180,000 cash and a house worth RM180,000 by the developer.

"But they waited and waited, but things could not be resolved until today," he said.

The 980 settlers have been paid compensation of MR180,000 in cash and given an RM250,000 house valued at RM450,000, Azmin added.

"They don't need to wait for 20 years, this happened in two years (after I took office)."

Instead of receiving negative reports from TV3 on the issue, he urged the people to go to Ijok and see for themselves.

"After 20 years of silence, now Umno is jealous that I've resolved the problems of Ijok settlers. Just imagine what we can do for the settlers in all over Malaysia if we come to power," he said.

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