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PETALING JAYA: Residents of Taman Tun Dr Ismail (TTDI) have urged city authorities not to appeal a recent court decision to overturn a development order for a proposed high-rise project in Taman Rimba Kiara.
The residents’ association said the mayor of Kuala Lumpur and Yayasan Wilayah Persekutuan (YWP) should demonstrate their willingness to abide by the decision and stop wasting public funds with further appeals.
On January 27, the Court of Appeal annulled the High Court order on November 28, 2018 to reject an appeal by TTDI residents to void the conditional planning permission and development order of the Kuala Lumpur City Council (DBKL) .
Noting that this decision had been widely hailed as a landmark ruling by the Malaysian Bar Association and other legal experts, the group said the authorities should gracefully accept it.
“As residents of KL, we are opposed to DBKL and / or YWP using even more resources to appeal a decision that is already so clear and final in its handling of legal matters,” he said in a statement.
“DBKL is a government agency and as such has a role to play in promoting and safeguarding the interests of the rakyat.
“And since this is a public interest initiative championed by the citizens of Kuala Lumpur and supported by the general public, we urge DBKL to play that role and not waste valuable resources defying the will of the people.”
The group also emphasized that it was the representative body for “thousands of KL residents who pay taxes and fees” in the vicinity of Taman Rimba Kiara and the longhouses.
They had appealed against the proposed development of the Taman Rimba Kiara project, which consists of a 29-story apartment block with 350 affordable housing units, as well as eight service apartment blocks and eight parking floors.
The project would be carried out by the real estate developer Malton Bhd, through its subsidiary Memang Perkasa Sdn Bhd, and YWP, a foundation chaired by the minister of federal territories.
Residents also called on the federal territories minister, as YWP chair, to focus on providing affordable land units as permanent housing for the Bukit Kiara longhouse families within the existing 1.6ha footprint of the longhouse area.
They also requested a meeting with the minister “as soon as possible” to discuss the permanent housing plan for the longhouse families, as previously proposed by the TTDI residents association.
