Kuala Lumpur: The High Court here today set June 24 to hear the originating summons filed by UMNO seeking an order for the transfer of ownership of a 9,723-square-metre parcel of land in the capital to the party.
According to BERNAMA News Agency, lawyer Nor Hazira Abu Haiyan, representing UMNO, stated that the date was set during the case management before Senior Assistant Registrar Nur Shasha Hidayah Nor Azahar via e-Review today. “The summons will be heard before Judge Roz Mawar Rozain,” the lawyer said when contacted.
The originating summons was filed by UMNO Executive Secretary Datuk Mohd Sumali Reduan on March 6, naming the Registrar of the Federal Territory Land and Mines Office as the defendant. In the suit, UMNO is seeking an order that the ownership of grant 78154, Lot 40 Section 51, Kuala Lumpur, registered in the names of the trustees, namely the late Tun Daim Zainuddin, Tun Musa Hitam, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and the late Tan Sri Sanusi Junid, be transferred to UMNO by Clause 27.1 of the party constitution and Section 9 of the Societies Act 1966.
UMNO is also seeking an order to compel the Registrar of Titles or the Federal Territory Land Administrator to implement the order by making a memorial in the land title documents. Based on a supporting affidavit, Mohd Sumali said that based on Schedule Form 17, the application for permission to transfer the land ownership, dated Oct 27, 2015, for the property, which was accompanied by a Letter of Declaration dated Oct 22, 2015, was confirmed and signed by the four leaders involved.
He further explained that the UMNO office bearers, consisting of the party President, Deputy President and Secretary-General, have agreed through a Letter of Declaration dated Dec 10, 2015, to re-register the property from the previous trustees to the party. A letter dated Dec 28, 2015, from the Office of the Director of Land and Mines of the Federal Territory, indicated that the Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory Land Works Committee had approved the transfer of ownership from the Trustees to UMNO.
However, Mohd Sumali noted that when the process for transfer of ownership via Form 14A dated April 25, 2016, was carried out and submitted by the plaintiff’s lawyer (UMNO) to the Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory Land and Mines Office (PTGKL), the Form 14A application was rejected on May 18, 2017, on the grounds that the names stated on the land title did not match the names on the identity cards.