Federal Territories Umno Youth information chief Wan Agyl Wan Hassan referred to the findings of the 2019 Auditor-General’s Report on the Kuala Lumpur City Development Plan that six water retention ponds had been converted into sites for development projects.

“The findings are shocking and heads must roll over flooding in Kuala Lumpur. Based on the report, the mayor had granted approvals to conversion plans that were contrary to the overall KL city development plan.

“This is unacceptable and the government must take action on these findings and also get the responsible persons charged,” Wan Agyl said in a press statement today.

He also urged the government to set an example by ensuring that DBKL discontinues this “unethical practice”.

Yesterday, FMT reported that Lembah Pantai MP Fahmi Fadzil had called upon federal territories minister Shahidan Kassim to publicly commit himself to not allow the existing flood retention ponds in Kuala Lumpur to be alienated for development purposes.

He made the statement after lodging a police report together with Cheras MP Tan Kok Wai and Segambut MP Hannah Yeoh at the Sentul district police headquarters to push for an investigation into which parties were involved in the alienation of these flood retention ponds and whether any abuse of power or other irregularities had occurred during the transfers of ownership.

Fahmi also said he disagreed with Shahidan’s stance that certain MPs had gotten their facts wrong about the sale of the flood retention ponds.

According to him, all the information related to the sale were in the 2019 Auditor-General’s Report, released in September last year.

Fahmi also hoped the minister would provide an explanation on the matter in the Dewan Rakyat if Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob agrees to Pakatan Harapan’s suggestion that a special sitting of Parliament be held to discuss the massive floods which swept the country last month.