A clash between two businessmen in Orikum has once again brought to light the chaos surrounding coastal property, where parallel claims, ownership documents and later permitted investments emerge over the same plot of land. At the center of the conflict are Luan Muça and Vasil Bedinaj, while the investigation is expected to clarify not only the dynamics of the incident, but also the chain of decisions that preceded it.
What happened at the hotel in Orikum
The incident occurred during a meeting between Luan Muça and Vasil Bedinaj at the “Palma” hotel in Orikum. According to preliminary information, the argument escalated into a physical confrontation, and the people accompanying the two businessmen also became involved.
There are suspicions that firearms may also have been used during the clash, but police found no shell casings at the scene. That leaves a crucial part of the incident unresolved, while the parties’ versions remain to be verified by the investigation.
The claim of a “trap” and the field investigation
Luan Muça’s side claims the meeting was set up as a trap by the other side, with the aim of causing the conflict to erupt and drawing police into the scene. This remains a claim by one side and has not been officially confirmed.
A special investigative group has been set up to fully clarify the incident. Investigators are reviewing security camera footage, the testimony of those involved and operational data to reconstruct how the clash began and how it escalated.
The origin: the property in Palasë
At the root of the conflict is suspected to be a property in Palasë, where the construction of a resort had been planned. According to publicly released information, Luan Muça had bought the land with an AMTP and had also obtained a certificate of ownership.
Later, several local residents presented claims over the same property, declaring that they were its owners and that they held AMTPs signed by former Himarë Mayor Jorgo Goro. In this situation, Muça negotiated with the residents and bought the property again before seeking a permit for its development.
Two owners for the same area?
Later, Vasil Bedinaj bought land near Muça’s property. It is suspected that one of the parcels he purchased overlaps with the land that Muça claims to have bought twice. Bedinaj also obtained a certificate of ownership, raising serious questions about how the same area could appear in documents in the names of two different owners.
According to published information, Bedinaj also received a government permit to develop the property for investment. It is precisely here that the conflict moves from a dispute between private parties into an issue of public interest, because the question is not only who has rights over the land, but also how state verifications functioned before documents and permits were issued.
The meeting that ended in a clash
It is learned that Bedinaj had asked Muça for a percentage of the project for the part of the property alleged to overlap, a request that the latter opposed.
After that, at Bedinaj’s invitation, the two had agreed to meet at midday at the hotel in Orikum to discuss the dispute. Instead of producing a solution, the meeting ended in a physical clash and opened another case file in which, alongside the conflict between the parties, the long-running disorder over property in the south also came into focus.
The case once again brings an old problem to the surface: when the same land circulates with several claims, documents and permits, the conflict does not remain simply between two businessmen. It becomes a test of how property has been administered and how institutional filters have been passed.
The main answer now is linked not only to what happened at the hotel in Orikum, but also to how the ground was created for this clash to become unavoidable.