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Is your land safe from land thieves?
Land titles may not be good enough with land thieves on the prowl nationwide
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 26, 2024: Landowners in Malaysia are hardly safe from thieves, especially when it involves inside jobs of land offices nationwide.
Even if you have the land title deed, it can be erased from all records and you will a severe headache.
In Selangor, police have arrested 13 suspects who allegedly erased key land transfer records with the involvement of staff from a Selangor district office.
The best way to ensure your land is safe from thieves is to pay your annual land assessments. If you do not get a notice for payment, then that may be a serious worry.
No News Is Bad News reproduces below a news report on the land thieves in Selangor:
13 arrested over land transfer scandal
-26 Nov 2024, 02:43 PM
The group is alleged to have erased key land transfer records with the involvement of staff from a Selangor district office.
Bukit Aman CCID director Ramli Yoosuf said police opened a probe into the matter following a report by an assistant district officer who suspected irregularities in several land transfer transactions.
KUALA LUMPUR: A public servant was among 13 people arrested after police uncovered illegal land transfer activities in Selangor.
Bukit Aman commercial crime investigation department (CCID) director Ramli Yoosuf said the group was believed to have erased key land transfer records with the involvement of staff from a Selangor district office.
He said police opened a probe into the matter earlier this month following a report by an assistant district officer who suspected irregularities in several land transfer transactions.
He said the complainant reported that some land transfer transactions appeared suspicious and had been carried out illegally.
“The complainant also reported the disappearance of several documents, including land transfer forms, from the vault,” Ramli said during a press conference at the Bukit Aman CCID headquarters here.
He said the seven men and six women arrested are between 26 and 59 years of age.
The case is being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating.
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