Homeless after Chinese New Year

Long-house residents in PJS 1, formerly known as Kampung Muniandy, have no idea where they are going when their homes are demolished after Chinese New Year, which falls on Feb 14, to make way for a school. “Where are we supposed to relocate to?” asked the residents association’s assistant secretary, M Sukumaran. He claimed that he received a SMS from Selangor’s housing, building management and squatter exco, Iskandar Samad’s personal aide, known as Kamaruzaman, confirming the demolition. Option given The residents have been given an option of accepting RM300 on a monthly basis for a period of 36 months or RM500 for a period of 24 months. Sukumaran said that he had been invited to meet Iskandar Samad tomorrow. “We will not be attending the meeting as there is no invitation in black and white.” Iskandar had announced that the developer would be building the low cost homes and the residents would be given an off-payment to assist in rental payments. However the residents now need to know where their new homes will be. Sukumaran had recently led a group of residents in sending a memorandum to Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim pleading for his help in resolving their housing woes but there has been no response as yet.