BCorp denies founder had discussions with Anwar on casino


KUALA LUMPUR: Berjaya Corp Bhd (BCorp) has denied that its founder Tan Sri Vincent Tan is in talks over a casino licence in Forest City, Johor, as reported recently.

BCorp said the articles have included “inaccurate information” that misrepresented its supposed involvement in discussions with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim regarding the Forest City project.

“We would like to make it clear that Tan 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 yesterday.

On Thursday, Anwar denied reports that the government was mulling a casino licence to revive Forest City in Johor.

A Bloomberg report had claimed that Malaysia was in early discussions with tycoons on opening a casino in Forest City, in efforts to revive the RM478bil property project.

Quoting sources, it alleged that Anwar had met with Tan and Genting Group’s Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay last week at the development in Johor.

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