KUALA LUMPUR: The land acquisition for the Sungai Baru, Kampung Baru redevelopment project must continue as it has met the legal requirements under the Land Acquisition Act (APT) 1960 although some owners are against it.
Kampong Bharu Development Corporation (PKB) in a statement today informed that if the land acquisition process is discontinued the government must be prepared to bear all the losses incurred by the developer and the owners involved.
According to the statement, the losses include RM50 million land acquisition deposit payment to the Director General of Lands and Mines (JKPTG), RM30 million for cost of providing transit and rental houses to residents until the replacement houses are completed, relocation costs for residents returning to their original homes as well as costs of repairing homes that have been abandoned for six years.
PKB said based on APT 1960 , no percentage of landowner consent is required before any land acquisition is implemented.
"However, in the Kampung Bharu redevelopment programme, the Ministry has stipulated that redevelopment can only be considered if the developer managed to obtain a threshold value of at least 50 per cent of the property owners' consent to safeguard the interests and welfare of the residents involved," read the statement.
METRO-PKB (SUNGAI BARU) 2 KUALA LUMPUR
According to PKB, the land acquisition for the Sungai Baru redevelopment project was gazetted under Section 8 of APT 1960 on June 21, 2021 involving 37 terrace lots, 72 flat units and one Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) electrical substation lot.
"To date, a total of 291 lots (27 terrace lots and 264 flat units) representing 88.72 per cent have agreed to this redevelopment project.
"At the same time, the developer also continued to hold engagement sessions with the 37 terrace house lot owners but have failed to get their cooperation," he said.
Earlier, former Federal Territories Minister Khalid Abd Samad was reported to have set up a committee comprising lawyers to challenge the gazette on acquisition of residents' land in Kampung Sungai Baru, Kampung Baru, here.
Meanwhile, Kampung Sungai Baru Property Owners Association chairman, Zulfakar Wahid requested that the second hearing on the land acquisition, which was postponed since December last year, be continued so that the over five-year wait to return to live in the heritage village would end soon.
Zulfakar said it was unfair to 'entertain' the voice of the minority who only represented 11 per cent while the other 89 per cent who had given their approval were required to wait longer to move into a new house.
METRO-PKB (SUNGAI BARU) 3 (LAST) KUALA LUMPUR
"We, who have agreed have been living in the transit houses (at the Kerinchi Residence) for more than five years. It is unfair for us to wait any longer just because the 37 units do not agree," he said.
Meanwhile, developer Ritzy Gloss Sdn Bhd director, Abdul Hadi Ahmad denied the allegation that the compensation offer was not competitive and the owners were not given the chance to negotiate.
"There is no issue of shortchanging the owners ... in fact, through land acquisition, they can only get five per cent (compensation value), but the developer was generous enough to offer what they have agreed on," he said adding that all procedures were in accordance with the law.
-- BERNAMA
Bernama
Wed Jun 15 2022
The land acquisition for the Sungai Baru, Kampung Baru redevelopment project must continue as it has met the legal requirements under the Land Acquisition Act (APT) 1960 although some owners are against it. - Astro AWANI
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