By BERNAMA / Pic By MUHD AMIN NAHARUL

The Federal Territories (FT) Ministry will conduct an internal investigation soon into the alleged sale of 64 plots of government land by the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) to developers.

New FT Minister Datuk Khalid Abdul Samad said the ministry will give its full cooperation to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) if there is any element of abuse of power, embezzlement and corruption.

However, he said, this was not discussed yesterday, the first day he started working as the minister.

“This is my first day at the ministry. I do not want to be like an investigator. I want to tackle everything and not just look at one issue.

“I will study this issue and conduct an internal investigation. We will not stop the MACC from conducting an investigation,” he told reporters after attending a briefing at Menara Seri Wilayah yesterday.

Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng had lodged a report with the MACC, urging it to conduct an immediate investigation into the sale of 64 plots of land to the FT Foundation in 2013.

The DAP leader was reported as saying that since 2013, some 171ha of land had been sold for RM4.28 billion.