NEWS FLASH - Najib wrote a letter to Land and Survey on the Santubong land issue

As a result of this, the Land and Survey Department has suggested to the villagers to sit down together with Zalpoint management, the Pantai Damai assemblyman Dr. Abdul Rahman Junaidi and Batang Sadong Member of Parliament Nancy Shukri (?).

The meeting will take place as soon as possible.

NEWS FLASH - The Land and Survey Department wants to meet the Santubong folks to settle the land issue

The Land and Survey Department had decided it is better for it to settle the issue before more detailsare made known to members of the public (vide NEWS FLASH - Santubong folks question the rationale of giving land to Zalpoint dated on July 01, 2010).

The meeting between the villagers and department is tentatively to take place next Friday.

The Santubong folks are not happy because they are yet given any compensation for the land which was acquired by the State Government, through the Land and Survey Department.

The land was later given to Zalpoint which subsequently mortgaged it for a sum of between RM40 millions to RM60 millions.

NEWS FLASH - Santubong folks question the rationale of giving land to Zalpoint

The Santubong folks were using the land for agriculture since 1940 before they were approached by the Land and Survey Department on a plan to acquire the land for development purposes.

The department told them that they would be compensated.

And later they got to know that the land was given to a company by the name of Zalpoint which subsequently mortgaged it for a cool RM40million to RM60 million a year later.