Landlord never sent any eviction notice, says PKR

(The Star) – PKR treasurer-general William Leong said they had never received any warning letter from the landlord to kick them out of the party’s headquarters.

He said the bank was auctioning off the two five-storey building because the owner had failed to service the bank loan.

“If the landlord has any problem with us, they should come to us.”

“They have never taken any action nor served any warning to the effect,” he said.

Leong had claimed recently that they had been promptly paying the rental and that the bank was auctioning off the building because of the owner’s failure to service the loan.

It was reported last week that the bank had issued a notice to auction off the building on June 9.

Leong said they had raised funds to participate in the auction.

“If the price is right, we will bid for it.”

“If not, we will look for another place to house our headquarters or sign a lease agreement with the new owner,” he added.

Leong also denied speculation that the party had an agreement with a businessman to source funds for the rental.

Sources claim that the businessman had stopped providing financial aid to the party after Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim failed in his bid to take over Putrajaya by Sept 16, 2008.

Anwar had then claimed that he had enough Barisan Nasional MPs who were willing to cross over to Pakatan Rakyat to help the opposition coalition take over the Federal Government.

It is learnt that the owner wanted to cancel the five-year lease agreement because PKR had allegedly failed to pay the rental.