Johor ruler Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar today said he did not know that a parcel of land belonging to him in Bukit Chagar was involved in the proposed Johor Bahru-Singapore Rapid Transit System (RTS).

The monarch, through his private secretary Jaba Mohd Noah, said he was disappointed by claims that the RTS project cost had increased due to compensation for the land and was willing to give it up for free.

Jaba said that the Johor sultan is disappointed by news linking the increase in the RTS project cost to a piece of land owned by His Majesty in Bukit Chagar.