Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe by Email Another case of Malaysia Boleh! A round of applause please to the actors in this land-grabbing drama!
SJKT Taman Melawati’s land area has been magically reduced from 1.45ha to 1.36ha. The 0.9ha has now been made into a site for a low-cost flats project. The area in question was the school field.
The issue was highlighted by Gombak MIC who organised a protest. 200 over people took part in the protest.
So, how is it done? Here’s some tips for aspiring developers:
According to the Gombak MIC division chairman G. Jayakumaran, the developer used its own team of surveyors and resubmitted the school land plans to the land office. The plot of land was then transfered to a third party on 4th September 2006. He claimed that this act also misled education ministry and Public Works Department.
The problem started with PWD not properly fencing the school area, thus delaying its land application. Biasalah, when there’s a chance, surely the money-minded businesses would take advantage.
According to Jayaraman, a memorandum would be submitted to state and federal government next week. 480 people have signed the memorandum, and the campaign will go to various temples to garner more signature.
In NST, the developer has been named as Negara Properties:
Gombak MIC Division chief G. Jayakumaran said the school field was 1.44 hectares (3.6 acres) but the developer of Taman Melawati, Negara Properties Sdn Bhd had claimed that the area was only 1.35 hectares (3.38 acres).
The developer wants to use the remaining 9,000 square feet of the field to built low cost flats, Jayakumaran told reporters here today.
He added that he could not understand why Negara Properties had informed the Gombak district education office that the school field was only 1.35 hectares instead of 1.44 hectares.
They (developer) may have misled the education office into believing that the land was actually 1.35 hectares, for the purpose of using it for their own benefit, said Jayakumaran.
He said transactions involving the transfer of the land title from Negara Properties to Melawati Development Sdn Bhd and to an individual, done simultaneously in Sept 2006, also raises suspicion.
So, what is the state government going to do? Land matters come under Selangor state, but 2006, it was Khir Toyo’s government. Only option is to get a stay order, investigate the case and make the right decision. Not sure if SJKT Taman Melawati is fully-aided school, which means the land should be federal or state owned land.
