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Estate residents unhappy with DBKL eviction plans

2015-09-11 16 Dailymotion

Residents of the former Bukit Jalil Estate are crying foul over a Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) notice of eviction, demanding that the residents vacate their homes by August 3. <br /> <br />The residents previously received a letter dated June 8 from DBKL, stating that the demolition works will be postponed until the end of discussions between ministers from the Federal Territories and Urban Well Being and Human Resources Ministry. <br /> <br />Despite the outcome of the meeting between the ministers pending, the residents has been issued with the final eviction notice -- ordering them to leave. <br /> <br />Bukit Jalil Estate residents made of predominantly Indians with lower income. They have been fighting the battle to get a proper. <br /> <br />Main grouse of the residents are the proposed compensation package offered by the Human Resource Ministry and also the DBKL's plans to move the Bukit Jalil tamil school to a land gazetted for an Islamic school. <br /> <br />Meanwhile, the residents have been asked to move to the Projek Perumahan Rakyat Kampung Muhibah flats in Puchong, located right across the road to the former estate. <br /> <br />Once the residents move, they would have to pay rental on the flats, which will add to their already increasing financial burden. <br /> <br />To compound their difficulties, the compensation package for each family is only RM 6000. <br /> <br />26 families who were ex-workers of the former estate or descendants of workers were offered ex-gratia compensation, which action committee member Balakrishnan claimed amounted to around RM 11,000, but still fell way short of the residents' demands of RM 50,000. <br /> <br />Most of them have been living in the estate for over 70 years. <br /> <br />The residents also fear that DBKL's action of moving the local Tamil school to a land gazetted for Sekolah Agama Seri Keladi would result in their children having to study in an Islamic school. <br /> <br />The local temple will also be moved away to make way for a new LRT station. <br /> <br />Video by Bukit Jalil Residents.

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