Former Felda DG charged with cheating board over Jalan Semarak land transfer

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 30 — A former director-general (DG) of the Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) was charged at the Sessions Court here today with deceiving the authority’s board of directors in connection with a power of attorney used to transfer the ownership of 16 parcels of its land at Jalan Semarak in 2014.

Datuk Faizoull Ahmad, 66, however, pleaded not guilty after the charge was read out before Judge Suzana Hussin.

Faizoull, in his capacity as Felda DG, is accused of deceiving the board by concealing a power of attorney dated June 3, 2014, granted Synergy Promenade Sdn Bhd authority to transfer ownership of the 16 parcels of land involved in the proposed Felda Lot Development Project at Jalan Semarak.

The act induced the board of directors to agree to the power of attorney, resulting in the transfer of ownership of the said Felda land to Synergy Promenade KLVC Sdn Bhd and Synergy Promenade Sdn Bhd, when the Board would not have done so had it not been deceived.

The offence is alleged to have been committed at the Board Meeting Room, Level 50, Menara Felda, Platinum Park, Persiaran KLCC here on Sept 2, 2014.

He was charged under Section 420 of the Penal Code, which carries a prison sentence of between one and 10 years and caning, as well as a fine, upon conviction. — Bernama