KUALA LUMPUR, April 10 -- Umno has filed a legal application to claim ownership of the land on which the Seri Pacific Hotel stands, currently held in trust by four individuals including former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and the late Tun Daim Zainuddin.

The originating summons (OS) was filed by Umno executive secretary Datuk Mohd Sumali Reduan on March 6 through the law firm Messrs Hafarizam Wan & Aisha Mubarak, according to a report published in The Edge today.

In addition to Mahathir and Daim, the land is also held in trust by former deputy prime minister Tun Musa Hitam and the late Tan Sri Sanusi Junid.

Sumali is seeking a declaration that the 9,723-square-metre property at Lot 40, Section 51, Kuala Lumpur, should be tran...