As the Selangor government prepared to brief Tenaga Nasional Bhd today on its alternative routes for the controversial Rawang high tension cable towers, TNB representatives choose to be absent.
And instead, the national electricity supplier sent a team of 100 people, trying to revive its high tension cable tower line in Kampung Sungai Terentang in Rawang.
Villagers spotted the TNB construction team arriving as early as 6am at one corner of the village. TNB construction personnel and 30 assisting police officers and men gathered, and tried to start work at 9.20am.
They tried to level a ditch by digging and putting in a large concrete pipe to facilitate vehicles and construction equipment to enter the village.
This prompted several villagers to jump into the ditch to stop the digging work, while others shouted at the TNB workers and ordered them to leave their village.
The situation then developed into a standoff, with angry words being exchanged. Later, 10 villagers brought in a settee and sat in front of the ditch, preparing for a long resistance.
A short while after this, Rawang assemblyperson Gan Pei Nei and Selayang MP William Liong arrived at Kampung Sungai Terentang and negotiated with the TNB officers.
Liong informed the TNB officers that the Selayang Municipal Council would issue a stop-work order soon, and asked them to wait for it.
Selayang municipality construction chief Osman Idris arrived with the order at 2.30pm. Upon receiving order, the TNB staff were forced to leave, and as they left, one of them threw down a dare: "May be we will come back tomorrow, may be lah".
Gan urged TNB to cooperate with Selangor government, for sitting down to negotiate was the best way to settle any conflict.
Liong criticised TNB for not attending today's meeting on the high tension cables called by the state government and heading for Rawang instead to push its construction work.
He said the Selangor government invited an international consultant in August for advice on the issue.
After almost two weeks at the site, the expert proposed two alternative routes, one going through the industrial area behind Rawang New Village, the other going along the main road in front of the village.
Liong said that both alternatives would only incur an extra cost of less than RM5 million, "much less than the national feedlot project".
He said the Selangor government called this morning's meeting to brief him, Gan and TNB, but the TNB did wait for the briefing, but headed for Kampung Sungai Terentang to start work on its high tension cable towers.
TNB's action today was unnecessary, Liong added, as it should first consider the alternative routes the Selangor government wanted to suggest.
And instead, the national electricity supplier sent a team of 100 people, trying to revive its high tension cable tower line in Kampung Sungai Terentang in Rawang.
Villagers spotted the TNB construction team arriving as early as 6am at one corner of the village. TNB construction personnel and 30 assisting police officers and men gathered, and tried to start work at 9.20am.They tried to level a ditch by digging and putting in a large concrete pipe to facilitate vehicles and construction equipment to enter the village.
This prompted several villagers to jump into the ditch to stop the digging work, while others shouted at the TNB workers and ordered them to leave their village.
The situation then developed into a standoff, with angry words being exchanged. Later, 10 villagers brought in a settee and sat in front of the ditch, preparing for a long resistance.A short while after this, Rawang assemblyperson Gan Pei Nei and Selayang MP William Liong arrived at Kampung Sungai Terentang and negotiated with the TNB officers.
Liong informed the TNB officers that the Selayang Municipal Council would issue a stop-work order soon, and asked them to wait for it.
Selayang municipality construction chief Osman Idris arrived with the order at 2.30pm. Upon receiving order, the TNB staff were forced to leave, and as they left, one of them threw down a dare: "May be we will come back tomorrow, may be lah".
Gan urged TNB to cooperate with Selangor government, for sitting down to negotiate was the best way to settle any conflict.
Liong criticised TNB for not attending today's meeting on the high tension cables called by the state government and heading for Rawang instead to push its construction work.
He said the Selangor government invited an international consultant in August for advice on the issue.After almost two weeks at the site, the expert proposed two alternative routes, one going through the industrial area behind Rawang New Village, the other going along the main road in front of the village.
Liong said that both alternatives would only incur an extra cost of less than RM5 million, "much less than the national feedlot project".
He said the Selangor government called this morning's meeting to brief him, Gan and TNB, but the TNB did wait for the briefing, but headed for Kampung Sungai Terentang to start work on its high tension cable towers.
TNB's action today was unnecessary, Liong added, as it should first consider the alternative routes the Selangor government wanted to suggest.
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