Kuala Lumpur mayor Datuk Seri Ahmad Phesal Talib announcement that it has approved development plans for a mixed development project at Jinjang Selatan Tambahan was not well received by residents, reported the media.
This is because many of them had hoped that the government would give them land titles.
According to resident Ravi Kumar Merdaka Sathasivan, residents felt shortchanged since their neighbours from a former squatter area had been given land titles.
“Our former neighbours who were relocated to Jinjang Utara Tambahan have got land titles,” he said.
He revealed that they have been applying for land titles since the 1970s but to no avail.
“We have lived here for 45 years and helped build the economy of the area. All the facilities such as places of worship, schools, hospitals, public transportation, police station, as well as the fire and rescue station are close by. The only thing we are missing is security for our homes, which we have been fighting for all these years,” he added.
Meanwhile, Ahmad Phesal explained during a dialogue with the residents and developer on 7 September that the government, being the owner of the land, had the right to approve any development there.
However, he assured that all “530 former Temporary Occupancy Licences (TOL) holders, 156 longhouse units, 410 squatters, a temple, 10 to 15 shops and five restaurants within the area… will be considered in the relocation plan to facilitate the project.”
In fact, residents would be given compensation, which is still being finalised, and priority to acquire residential units at the site.
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