Eviction notices issued to three PJS 1 residents

The residents, also buyers of the stalled Block E project, were told to vacate their homes by Aug 3 or face action under the National Land Code.

PETALING JAYA: Three buyers of the stalled Block E low cost flat project in PJS 1 were issued eviction notices by the Petaling Land Office, instructing them to vacate their homes by Aug 3.

The buyers; B Maniarasan, A Bavani and Galinti ak Gemuk, who are currently living in the Kampung Muniandy squatter settlement, were issued the notices on July 21.

The notices, signed by Petaling assistant district officer Yahaya Hassan, indicated that action would be taken against the trio under Section 425 of the National Land Code, including demolishing their premises, should they fail to comply with the directive.

In 2003, over 270 families were relocated from Kampung Muniandy, Kampung Petaling Tin and Kampung Pinang by developer Peter Brickworks Sdn Bhd after promising to build low cost flat units for them.

While the developer had built four blocks of the flat unit, Peter Brickworks failed to build Block E at a site near Taman Kanagapuram due to an injunction obtained by the residents there.

Block E residents action committee chairman M Sugumaran said the three buyers are still living in the remaining houses in Kampung Muniandy as they were not offered alternative housing since 2003.

“I’m not sure why they didn’t get them. This is something you must check with the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) and the developer,” said Sugumaran when queried on the matter.

Sugumaran and the buyers had since taken up the matter with the Selangor state exco for housing Iskandar Abdul Samad, whose assistant, Lt. (Rtd) Kamaruzaman Ahmad Nor yesterday had promised to resolve the matter for them.

A police report had also been filed at the Petaling Utama police station yesterday.

Sugumaran then criticised the state government for failing to resolve the problems faced by the buyers despite the promises made by the state government last month.

“The Selangor state government had said that it will not evict anyone forcefully. It’s just empty talk. They should have settled the buyers’ problems first before issuing eviction notices,” he said.

In a reply via text message, Kamaruzaman said the land office and MBPJ would hold a meeting with the three buyers on Friday to resolve the matter.

“We will investigate the matter but they need to bring proof that they are buyers of the stalled flat project. As far as I know, the Block E buyers are living either in the longhouses or in Lembah Subang,” he said.

Last month, the Selangor state government announced that it would build the low cost flats for the residents after years of delay by Peter Brickworks in carrying out the project.

However, the state government had yet to commence the project pending a discussion with the federal government and resolving the buyers’ unpaid interest charges worth about RM1.1 million. - FMT