Jinjang Selatan Tambahan residents today sought Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Muhammad V's intervention in the hope of saving their homes, after a long-standing battle with a developer.
The memorandum was received by the office of the senior private secretary to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
"We are submitting this memorandum peacefully, in relation to our land, Lot 9714, because we are not getting justice from the federal government.
"We hope that the King will intervene to help the residents get justice and to get our land grants, which have been delayed for 48 years," A Ponnampalam, a representative from the housing estate said at the palace gates today.
Resident Ameer Khan said they have met with Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) officials and with Federal Territories Minister Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor to discuss this issue, but to no avail.
"He (Tengku Adnan) said that the process of cancellation of the project is underway, but nothing has been done.
"The developers have put up zinc hoardings and the residents believe they are going to steal sand. Our housing estate was a mining area before. (There is) good sand underneath and around our land," Ameer told Malaysiakini.
He said the residents have lodged a whopping 320 police reports against the developer.
Ponnampalam said he has been fighting for the land since 1999 and hopes for the issue to be resolved immediately.
Kuala Lumpur Mayor Mhd Amin Nordin Abd Aziz said that the land was gazetted for redevelopment several years ago.
"That lot has temporary occupancy license (TOL)... It's the developer's responsibility to settle the ongoing issue between the residents and the developer," he said when contacted.
He said the developer, Zil Land Sdn Bhd, had sent all relevant documents to the authorities and that everything checked out.
Lot 9714 was converted to a housing area by the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur Land Office in 1973 and its residents have been paying annual land tax and quit rent ever since.
According to Ameer, each of the 500 houses on the plot of land has an average four families.
The developer had previously met the residents, however, they have failed to come to an agreement.
Ponnampalam previously said they are objecting to the project because the compensation is too low.
He said the residents were offered temporary placement in a public housing project pending the completion of new residences on the plot of land.
Each household was offered a new unit at the plot of land, which they would have to pay RM42,000 for.
An ex-gratia payment of RM1,000 and RM600 a month to assist with rent payments will also be provided by the developer pending completion of the new homes.
However, residents said this was too low.- Mkini
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