Selangor Government's Criminal Treatment Of TOL Status Residents.

The greed and avarice of Selangor state government leaders and politicians is well known. No one disputes that these ravenous leeches in human form are sucking the people dry and no one is able to understand why they are still kept in power! But that is the way things are done in our fair land of late and most of us are unable to do anything about it. Criminals and their nefarious activities under the guise of 'political leadership' are being condoned and the looting goes on unimpeded. Related below is the sad story of about 130 families who have and are still suffering because of the unquenchable thirst for ill-gotten wealth by Barisan Nasional politicians. Read and worry for your future.

More than 130 families who were relocated to new villages in Pandamaran in 1953 and given temporary occupation licences (TOLs) are today on the verge of being left out in the cold. "We were threatened and intimidated to accept paltry compensations and move after the 1995 General Election," said Ang Mah Chye, chairman of the Jalan Papan Residents Working Committee.

Their hopes, however, ran high in 1997 when the land where their houses stand was alienated to Bank Negara's Syarikat TPPT Sdn Bhd to develop Jalan Papar and its surroundings occupied by some 1,000 families. After many rounds of negotiations and demonstrations, the Selangor Government, in a letter dated March 10, 2004, agreed to TPPT's development proposal which included building 100 18ft x 65ft terrace houses to be sold to them at less than RM100,000.

Ang alleged that before the project could take off, some politicians from Barisan Nasional (BN) started lobbying to secure the project. "TPPT got fed up and offered to sell the land to us for us to develop according to the proposed plan which had been approved by Klang Municipal Council (MPK) and the state.

"Since we could not afford to buy up the land and develop by ourselves, we found a developer who agreed to help us. The developer also gave up when the politicians again used subtle intimidation tactics to frighten the developer.

"Again we found another developer who was willing to build even bigger terrace houses (1,396 sq ft built up area) and offer 220 units, instead of 100, for sale to us at less than RM100,000. This time, TPPT just ignored this more superior offer.

"We have been told the politicians have found their own developer and the offer was only for flats and that we would be relocated to another site near factories and swamps," said Ang.

"What has become of our politicians from the ruling government? Not only are they working against our interests, they are also sabotaging superior offers and compensations from developers who are prepared to help us."

The families' TOL status was terminated in 1993, effectively making them squatters. The MPK issued an eviction notice in 2005.

Speaking to TheSun at his committee's informal meeting last night to discuss their plight and options, Ang said today would be crucial when the court injunction they had obtained to stop the MPK from demolishing their houses expires. "We do not know for sure if we can get an extension of the injunction. The MPK will not hesitate to tear down our houses if there is no injunction."

Ang was also incensed over the MPK's action when they issued on May 24, 2005, a notice under the Emergency Ordinance 1969 (EO). "The EO was gazetted and used against Communists in 1969. If that is not intimidation, what is?" Ang asked.

Committee member V. Seelan, 25, said: "We are not unreasonable people. We are not asking for houses to be built for us free. We are paying. "Just don't give us a raw deal. Just fulfil what you (Selangor state government) offered in your letter, and politicians, please stop the sabotage."

Seelan said his family paid the annual property assessment up to 2004 upon receiving notices even though the land had been alienated to TPPT after the 1995 general election.

"The then Selangor Mentri Besar (Tan Sri Muhammad Muhd Taib) had even, during election campaigning, announced that TOLs would continue to be issued," he said. (TheSun)

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