Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe by Email Samy likes to use “I” all the time. Its always about him. If he is not around, no more MIC. Samy is MIC. MIC is Samy. Anyways, congrats for solving this problem. Next election got little bit of hope now. Sime Darby also did not drag this for long, just 12 years.
A 12-year resettlement dispute between property developer and plantation giant, Sime Darby Bhd, and workers of Bukit Raja Estate in Klang, finally came to an end when both parties reached a settlement following the intervention of MIC.
MIC President Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said the workers had accepted the land offered by Sime Darby to build their homes.“I met the representatives of the workers and Sime Darby yesterday and they agreed that the workers will be provided with their agreed choice of house on the land,” he said in a statement today. Samy Vellu said Sime Darby would soon issue offer letters to the workers.
Before the last general election, Samy Vellu said he and Putera Umno chief Datuk Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim visited the estate following complaints that the Bukit Raja Tamil School was without a playground. I requested Sime Darby to allocate a two-acre (0.8ha) land to build the playground and a two-storey building for the school,” he said. “I also asked the company to hand over the land where the school is currently located to the Education Ministry for the school to be converted into a fully-aided school.
“All the requests were agreed to by Sime Darby but the housing problem was not solved as the estate workers did not want to accept the land offered by the company. “But now the housing issue has been resolved and I urge the workers to cooperate with Sime Darby,” he added.
