Plan to reacquire Kamunting hits snag

KUALA LUMPUR, 3 Nov 2008: The Perak state government’s plan to reacquire the land where the Kamunting detention centre is situated from the federal government may experience hiccups, said law experts.

Universiti Teknologi Mara’s professor of law Dr Shad Saleem Faruqi told The Nut Graph that reacquiring Kamunting is not feasible.

Shad said that Articles 83 to 86 of the Federal Constitution grant the federal government the authority to refuse a state’s request to acquire land under its power.

“It is not feasible for the Perak government to acquire the Kamunting land, since the Articles in the constitution clearly provide the edge to the federal government,” he said.

Shad also said the Articles clearly declare that it is up to the federal government to release the land to the state government.

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