The earliest reports were lodged in May last year by the Taman Tun Dr Ismail Residents’ Association, followed by reports made in November by Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng who was MP for Segambut at the time, and in May and November this year by Hannah Yeoh who replaced Lim as Segambut MP.
Save Taman Rimba Kiara (STRK) working group committee coordinator Leon Koay said there had been no updates on these reports since they were made.
“We want to request that MACC provide updates to the public on the status of its investigation into the TRK development, and that it make every effort to expedite investigations and ensure that enforcement action is pursued where wrongdoing is found,” he said in a press conference at the TTDI community centre here today.
“In the case of TRK, we have a scenario where the project was (approved) for the benefit of Yayasan Wilayah Persekutuan (YWP), of which the federal territories minister was chairman.
“The development order for the project was issued by the former Kuala Lumpur mayor who also sat on the YWP board at the time the order was issued,” he said.
“We also have confirmation now that the plot ratio of 10 that was approved for the project was way in excess of the usual plot ratios approved in the vicinity.”
Last month, a bid by TTDI residents to overturn the conditional planning permission and development order by Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) for the TRK development was denied by the High Court.
The judge ruled that DBKL’s decision to issue the development order was not tainted with illegality which would justify intervention by the court.
Koay said the residents had submitted their notice of appeal last Thursday and would continue to pursue the matter.
“Tonight, the joint working committee will be meeting for the first time,” he added.
“This will also be the first time that we are meeting with the developer (Memang Perkasa Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Malton Berhad) in a formal setting.”
At a town hall session held on Nov 23, it was decided that a joint working committee with the residents, DBKL, YWP and the project developer be set up to resolve the issue.
The proposed development features eight blocks of between 42- and 54-storey high-end serviced apartments, including a 29-storey block comprising 350 affordable housing units for the relocation of TTDI longhouse residents.
Koay said the residents had yet to meet the developer as DBKL did not deem it necessary.
“Instead, they (DBKL) approved a waiver applied for by the developer to skip the consultation with the residents.
“DBKL then said the town hall organised by former federal territories minister Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor with the residents was sufficient.”