Some residents of KL's Malay enclave say they are being evicted by a developer that offered low valuation for their land.
Madam Zainab Alias is fighting for fairer compensation for the acquisition of her land by a private developer planning to build a luxury condominium.
Details of the sale have not been made public, but the project had stalled since its start in 2016 because of the dissenting home owners.A total of 219 home owners, comprising 192 flat owners and 27 terraced house owners, have accepted the compensation offered, while 109, consisting of 72 flat owners and 37 terraced house owners, have not.
Kampung Sungai Baru is an area within the Kampung Baru enclave, the biggest pocket of land still owned by Malays in downtown Kuala Lumpur. He said electricity and water supply to the area was cut in June, but electricity supply was restarted after residents complained.The village comprises 264 flats in eight four-storey walk-up blocks and 98 terraced houses.
The project represents more than a land sale in downtown KL, as any matter involving the 125-year-old Kampung Baru tends to stoke heated discussion among Malaysia’s Malay majority. The luxury condominium project for Kampung Sungai Baru is the latest in a series of plans for the wider enclave announced in the past.
Residents said they were served notices that their land would be acquired during the Covid-19 lockdown in 2021, and they could not lodge protests as government offices were shut. Minister in charge of the Federal Territories, Dr Zaliha Mustafa, has said that flat owners would receive compensation of between RM198,000 and RM350,000, while terraced house owners would get between RM800,000 and RM2.9 million.
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