Translation:
FIC LONDON HOTEL PTE LIMITED, OWNER OF FELDA GRAND PLAZA KENSINGTON HOTEL - CLOSED
WHO OWNS THIS HOTEL NOW?
I have shown over the past week how the issue of Felda's investment in London worth over RM1 billion is not only a question of wasteful investment decisions (because the price paid is too expensive and tainted by irregularities), but officially Felda does not even own the properties purchased.
I have done an official search with the UK Land Registrar’s Office and found that according to official title documents, at least two expensive properties paid for by Felda were registered in the name of BVI (British Virgin Island) registered companies, which had nothing to do with Felda and the owners of the companies remain unknown to this day.
Authentic information from official title documents has proved that the following properties are not owned by Felda, but instead belong to the following BVI companies:
i. Grand Plaza Kensington Hotel was bought for £ 60 million (approximately RM330 million) in 2014 which is officially owned by FIC London Hotel Pte Limited established in BVI
ii. Felda House which was built at an estimated cost of RM380 million in 2015 and officially owned by FIC Global Limited which is also established in BVI
(I enclose the property title grants as proof. Readers can also check out previous media statements on this property and Felda's investment in London at http://rafiziramli.com/category/felda/)
I am waiting for Tan Sri Shahrir Samad to respond to this revelation but he has remained silent since last week after accusing me of sleeping on the issue.
At the very least, I also hope that there is a little denial to show me wrong because I had better be proven wrong than the other possibility that at least RM1 billion of public funds have been misappropriated to mysterious companies whose owners are unknown.
To date, there has been no good response from Felda, Tan Sri Shahrir, MACC or Dato 'Seri Najib.
If that had counted badly, I would have had to bring up another even worse development today.
I can confirm that the BVI company that owns the Grand Plaza Kensington Hotel (as contained in the title grant) has already closed.
The company, FIC Hotel London Pte Limited was dissolved from the list of companies registered in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) on 3 May 2016 for non -payment of annual fees.
I enclose with the official Gazette of the Government of BVI Vol L, No. 27 dated 19 May 2016
(which can be downloaded from https://data.occrp.org/text/2658944?dq=strike%20off%20list%203rd%20may,%202016&page=1)
which officially listed FIC Hotel London Pte Limited as one of the companies dissolved and deregistered in accordance with BVI law.
I hope my media statement today gets the attention of the public as well as the top management of Felda who have been silent for so long because they face the risk of hotels bought at a high price with Felda money is not only registered in the name of another company, now Felda will lose the hotel and investment money in perpetuity (if this is not resolved immediately).
I hereby request a full explanation from Dato 'Seri Najib and Tan Sri Shahrir on the status of Felda's investment in the Grand Plaza Kensington Hotel in London:
i. After FIC London Hotel Pte Limited was confirmed to have been dissolved at a time when the company was officially the owner of the RM330 million hotel bought by Felda (according to the title grant), how did Felda plan to regain ownership of the hotel?
ii. If Felda wants to regain ownership of the hotel, Felda has no choice but to track down and reveal the real owner of FIC London Hotel Pte. Who was behind the establishment of FIC London Hotel Pte Limited? Will Felda make a public statement answering the various questions I raised in the series of Felda disclosures I made since last week?
RAFIZI RAMLI