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Friday, April 1, 2011

Bittersweet win for 15 Felda settlers

Sendayan settlers triumph over Negeri Sembilan government over land matter but feel shortchanged over quantum of compensation.

SEREMBAN: Fifteen Felda Sendayan settlers won a bittersweet victory against the Negeri Sembilan state government over a land matter at the Seremban High Court yesterday.

Even though they won their case, it has left them feeling shortchanged as the amount of compensation awarded by the court was far less than the current market price.

“We asked for RM5.87 per square feet but the court only awarded between RM2.05 to RM2.25 per square feet,” said their lawyer Faiz Fadzil.

“Even though the decision was in favour of my clients, the compensation doesn’t reflect the value of the current land price,” said Faiz.

The 15 settlers had filed applications for a revaluation on the compensation paid out to them by the Negeri Sembilan state government after it acquired their land in 1996.

Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Negeri Sembilan (PKNNS) had offered to buy 10 acres of land from each of the 15 settlers at RM3 per square feet.

In 1997, due to the economic downturn, the deal was cancelled but in 2009, the state government’s investment arm Menteri Besar Incoporated (MBI) bought the land.

The state government and land office acquired the land under the Land Possession Act 1960.

“The settlers were each offered cash of up to RM512,000, a bungalow worth RM240,000 and two acres of agricultural land valued at RM348,000 – an average of RM1.1 million.

“But the settlers were unhappy with deal as the price offered by the state government was not concurrent with the market price in 2009,” said Faiz.

Struggling for better deal

Negeri Sembilan PAS Commisioner, Zulkefly Mohamed Omar, meanwhile expressed shock over the compensation awarded to the 15 settlers.

“I urge the Negeri Sembilan Menteri Besar, Mohd Hasan to look into this issue seriously as Felda Sendayan falls under his state constituency of Rantau.

“Don’t wait till general election to look into their plight,” said Zulkefly.

Mustafar Latif the spokesperson for the settlers, said they will keep up their struggle for a better deal.

“The state government took possession of our land valued at RM3 per square feet and when they sold back two acres of land to us, they charged RM4 per square feet.

“Then they valued the land 10,000 square feet bungalow at RM12 per square feet. The size and the physical appearance of the bungalow does not reflect its worth of RM240,000.

“All this prompted us to get a better deal from the court. Unfortunately even though we won, the compensation is much more less than what we had expected,” said Mustafar.

“This is not end of the road for us. We will go to file another case very soon. We will announce the details soon,” said Mustafar, to hearty round of applause from the settlers.

Judge Ahmad Nasfy Yasin presided over the case yesterday while the state government was represented by its legal advisor, Ishak Shaari. - FMT

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