PETALING JAYA: One City, the developer which owns the land the Seafield Sri Maha Mariamman temple is sitting on, says it never agreed to postpone the relocation of the temple as claimed by some.
Speaking to FMT, One City associate legal director Kamal Effendy lamented claims by “certain parties”, including a politician, that the company had agreed to postpone the relocation to Nov 29, when the High Court is set to rule on a stay of execution application filed by several devotees.
A previous stay of execution application filed by another group of devotees was dismissed by the court.
“We never agreed to postpone the relocation. The final date for the temple occupants to vacate the land remained Nov 22, as per the writ of possession from the High Court.
“The High Court has not made any order for an interim stay pending the upcoming decision.”
Kamal said the fact remained that the issue had been settled by the relevant parties including One City, the Selangor state government and claimants to the temple management, K Chellappa and M Nagaraju, in a 2014 consent judgment reached in the High Court.
Separately, Chellappa and Nagaraju were involved in a different suit over control of the temple, which Chellappa won.
As part of the consent judgment, all parties agreed that the temple would be relocated to another plot of land, with One City giving RM1.5 million for the benefit of the temple. The Selangor government would also gazette the new temple site as a place of worship.
“We have done everything by the book, engaged all parties, gone through the legal process. Even though we are the legal owner of the land, we gave RM1.5 million for the benefit of the temple.”
Kamal said he hoped the rule of law would prevail and that all parties would be more responsible in making statements to avoid further muddying the waters.
In recent weeks, a section of devotees, NGOs, and political parties have called on the government to intervene and stop the relocation despite the consent judgment. -FMT
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