SOME 50 residents of the century-old ‘Lim Seh Bah’ village in Jelutong held a peaceful demonstration against a local developer as they were not happy with the compensation offered to vacate their homes.
Jelutong MP Jeff Ooi claimed the developer had initially allocated 88 low medium-cost (LMC) housing units to the 88 families in their planning permission submitted to the local authority back in 2011.
“Now they are offering only RM35,000 per household to these families which is not reasonable considering the current market price for houses are significantly higher.
“Therefore, it is better to compensate each family with an LMC unit,” he said, adding that 12 of the 88 families had accepted the compensation.
It is learnt that the developer is planning to construct a mixed-development project on the 2.4ha site.
Ooi claimed that the total gross development value of the project could reach RM385mil.
“I am sure that they can give the LMC units to the families affected as they will be losing their homes in the village due to the development.”
Angry lot: The residents showing their displeasure over the compensation offered to vacate their homes
Meanwhile, a top-ranking officer of the development company said they had raised the offer to RM40,000 but the residents still refused to accept, adding that the door was always open for negotiation.
However, he denied that the company had allocated any LMC units as compensation for the affected residents in their planning permission.
In a related matter, Ooi also urged the developer of an adjacent project to be responsible and compensate the eight households in the same village that will be affected as their front doors are literally bordering the project.
“If they move their fences at the border, then it will block the road access to the houses nearby.”
He claimed that the developer in question had refused to compensate and asked the developer of the mixed-development project to offer the compensation instead.
“I am not sure if this is allowed but I will check with the local authority,” added Ooi. - The Star
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