THE Kuala Lumpur High Court yesterday 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.
Lawyer Nor Hazira Abu Haiyan, representing UMNO, said the date was set during the case management before Senior Assistant Registrar Nur Shasha Hidayah Nor Azahar via e-Review on Wednesday.
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 Daim Zainuddin, Musa Hitam, Dr Mahathir Mohamad and the late Sanusi Junid, be transferred to UMNO by Clause 27.1 of the party constitution and Section 9 of the Societies Act 1966.
Apart from that, UMNO is 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 said 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.
He said that through a letter dated 28 Dec 2015 from the Office of the Director of Land and Mines of the Federal Territory, the Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory Land Works Committee had approved the transfer of ownership from the Trustees to UMNO.
“However, 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,” he said in the affidavit.”
