Architects and engineers to conduct technical studies on Menara Umno

18 June 2013| last updated at 04:36PM

They would also be preparing a report to submit to the state government and the local authorities, said state Umno liaison committee chairman Datuk Zainal Abidin Osman.

"Although the building is now under a third owner, we are lucky to be able to find the first professionals who had worked on the building.

"They were contacted and they had also visited the building. They will soon get the technical report ready so we believe it is best to let them proceed and not politicise this incident further," he told reporters here this afternoon in the building.

Zainal Abidin also said an Australian wind consultant was also hired to ensure that the building could withstand strong winds and Menara Umno was winner of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects' 'Intelligent Building' award in 1998.

He also clarified again that Penang Umno was only renting two floors in the building, and was never the owner.

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