Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe by Email Two recent news about land and housing caught my attention:
The first story is about land sale. These folks been staying there for ages, and yet the land sold to third party. Of course its the land owner prerogative to sell to whoever they like, but I think should have at least asked the current occupants. In fact the folks made many application (but not mentioned whether to buy or to just get the land).
MALAYSIA Nanban reported that 21 families from Kampung Gunung Cheroh in Ipoh, Perak, have filed a report with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) as the land they are staying on has been sold to a private developer.
The report was lodged by village committee chairman S. Mogan, who accused the state government and MIC leaders of abusing their power in selling the land to a private developer.
He said the families, who had been staying there for the past three generations, had submitted numerous applications to obtain the land title from the district land office.
“We found out that the land had been sold after receving a lawyer’s notice demanding vacant possession,’’ said Mogan.
He added that they were surprised the Government, which was aware of the villagers’ application, had ignored it.
source: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/3/16/nation/8274408&sec=nation
Second case is about uncompleted housing project and crime by contractors. PJS longhouse case been going on for many years, still no solution.
SOME 30 residents of longhouses in Petaling Jaya Selatan 1 held a demonstration to voice their dissatisfaction with the local authorities, reported Malaysia Nanban.
The group claimed that they had no choice but to protest because both the Selangor government and Petaling Jaya Selatan MP Hee Loy Sean had turned their backs on their plight.
The residents alleged that many were still paying their monthly instalments for low-cost flats which were promised to them in 2000 by a developer of a condominium project near their area although the flats were yet to be completed.
The group had also accused the developer’s contractor of intentionally clogging up the drains behind their homes with debris, causing sewage water to rise and flood the area when it rained, in an attempt to get rid of them.
source: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/3/23/nation/8324523&sec=nation
