KUALA LUMPUR, June 24 -- The High Court here has reportedly ordered the transfer of a 9,723 square metre parcel of land in Kuala Lumpur, where the Seri Pacific Hotel is located, to Umno within 30 days.

According to a report in the New Straits Times today, Justice Roz Mawar Rozain reportedly made the order after Umno's counsel, Datuk Mohd Hafarizam Harun, informed the court that the party and the Federal Territories Land and Mines Office (PTG) had reached a settlement.

In her consent judgment, the judge reportedly confirmed that the land - previously registered under former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, the late Tun Daim Zainuddin, Tun Musa Hitam and the late Tan Sri Sanusi Junid - was held in trust for Umno.

The property is i...