Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) director-general Faizoull Ahmad has denied claims of his links to a wanted man or the purchase of ailing Scottish football club, Glasgow Rangers.

"I have no idea who he (Rafat Rizvi) is.

"He somehow wound up together with me and the media picked it up claiming that I know him," Faizoull said, adding that the media had twisted the issue.

Faizoull also said the photograph of him with two men in Scottish tabloid Daily Record was wrongly attributed.

"The men in the photo are Malaysians and my friends. Neither of them is Rafat," he added.

Faizoull (above) also said that the report claiming that he knows Rafat, who was convicted in absentia for fraud in Indonesia, is false.

He did not comment on the Rangers' statement noting that Rafat had arrived with the Malaysian delegation.

The BBC also reported that Rangers said Rafat had acted as Faizoull's adviser.

Lunch date

The Daily Record had reported that Faizoull and Rafat had lunch with club director, Sandy Easdale, during the visit.

The Felda director-general said the purpose of his visit to Glasgow Rangers had nothing to do with bailing out the ailing club.

"I went there because I like the way the club is supported by its community. I didn't know it was in trouble," he said.

Faizoull said he had Felda's good intentions at heart and was thinking about how Felda football club, Felda United FC, could "benefit from the community involvement the Scottish club possesses".

"I want to incorporate that into Felda FC. So, when my friend invited me over to take a look at Glasgow Rangers, I went thinking that it was a great opportunity for Felda FC. Nothing else," he said.

Speaking of the men in the photograph published by the Daily Record,  he said the one on the right has the intention of buying Glasgow Rangers FC, and the one on the left is his financial adviser.

"I was happy that a Malaysian wanted to buy (a club)," he added.

Faizoull also said that he had instructed his lawyers to take necessary action against those who had damaged his reputation.

Rafat, a UK national of Pakistani origin, was in 2010 convicted in absentia for fraud amounting to hundreds of millions in US dollars by a Jakarta court and sentenced to 15 years in jail.

Rafat is on the Interpol's wanted list for "corruption, money laundering and bank crimes", but he has reportedly sued the international body in 2010 to have his name removed.

Easdale, who has a fraud conviction, had last year denied any relations with Rafat, adding that Rafat is not an investor in the club.