Thursday, May 14, 2009

Bukit Botak Land Scandal

Purely Criminal Breach Of Trust (CBT) being done by those in power. How can a group (81) minors (below 18 years old) each received the benefit of owning a piece of land.
Looking at the chronology of event, it started way back in 1985 and couldn't be resolved until today. One of my mentors would remind me that if a problem is not resolved quickly, then, there will be negative elements creeping in and complicates the matter. That's what happens here.
The problem had been dragging on and on, and increasing number of groups started to believe that they also can benefit from it. Initially, it was an intention to solve the squatters problem. Then only a group of squatters received their land titles. What about the remaining 1,364 (1,634-270) squatter families? Why the Double Standards?
Then, came the development of the 55.2 ha of land. Additional 9.6 ha of land was "sacrificed" (development incentive) by the state government to a private company. Free land for Delpuri Corp Sdn Bhd (DCSB) to develop as their own. Still, 1,364 squatter families awaits their plots.
To add salt to the wound, the families granted Power of Attorney to DCSB to develop their land - MONOPOLY. Now DCSB can do whatever they like! DCSB thought 82 out of 1,364 (a mere 6%) houses completed would justify the 9.6 ha they got from the state government. Still, 1,282 squatter families awaits their dream home.
Then came the change of developer. Another RM 40mil was dumped as infra cost. Still, no dream homes yet for the 1,282 families. Bear in mind, apart from these fiascos, the problem of missing names from the register list of squatters, outsiders' names being included in the register are negative elements, to name a few, creeping into and complicates the matter further. With the change of power in the state government, let's hope the name register remains intact.

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