Berjaya Corp Bhd (BCorp) has denied allegations of its founder Tan Sri Vincent Tan’s involvement in discussions regarding casino licence in Forest City, Johor.
BCorp said the reports from The Edge Singapore and Bloomberg had included “inaccurate information that misrepresented its supposed involvement in discussions with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim regarding the project.
“We would like to make it clear that Tan Sri Vincent Tan Chee Yioun has not participated in any such discussions and refute the inaccurate claims presented in the articles.
“In response to these inaccuracies, we kindly request the following actions from the concerned parties: clarification and removal of any misleading content from the articles in question across all platforms. Cessation of further dissemination of the inaccurate information.
“We trust that the responsible parties will understand our concerns and take appropriate action,” BCorp said in a statement today (Apr 26).
On Thursday, the prime minister denied reports that the government was mulling a casino licence to revive Forest City in Johor.
In a brief response to the media, Anwar said news of the casino licence was a “lie” and “not right”.
A Bloomberg report on Thursday claimed that Malaysia was in early discussions with tycoons on opening a casino in Forest City, in efforts to revive the RM478.35 billion property project.
Quoting sources, it said Anwar had met with Tan and Genting Group’s Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay last week at the development in Johor.
Forest City is built on land near Singapore, which is linked to Johor by bridge.
