Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe by Email This would be music to their ears. Deputy FT Minister Saravanan managed to get something right this time, so congrats to him.
These residents were promised houses when the area was supposed to be developed but end up labeled as squatters. And, as usual, its ex-estate land. No wonder nowadays, similar cases see lot of skepticism among the victims and demand for proper agreements.
AFTER three years of endless debate, the residents of Batu Estate in Jalan Segambut will finally receive due compensation and a low-cost flat unit each.
Developer Mayland Properties Sdn Bhd has offered RM2mil to the residents while the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has agreed to give them flat units nearby.
The agreement was reached during a meeting with Deputy Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing Minister Datuk M. Saravanan at the DBKL headquarters at Jalan Raja Laut on Dec 16.
Saravanan said 48 families would receive the compensation while another 12 were still being investigated.
“Each of them will receive between RM20,000 and RM30,000 and a home from the DBKL either in Kepong or Jinjang as there are no vacancies at the Batu Muda flats,” he said.
The developer has also agreed to give a three-acre plot of land to the DBKL as compensation for the flat units DBKL has had to give out.
“DBKL does not usually give out flats to squatters on private land but because we have stepped in to help, the developer is giving us the land as compensation,” Saravanan added.
The squatters have been the subject of discussion for many months as a majority are former workers at the estate and had been promised houses in the area after the estate was developed.
Mayland is planning to build a fourth phase of apartments on the land after the residents have moved out.
