Homes worth RM20mil left unoccupied in Penang


grass still short, might have caretaker An aerial view of a neglected house along Lebuh Bukit Jambul. // CHARLES MARIASOOSAY/ The Star/08/June 2017.

EXCLUSIVE: GEORGE TOWN: Some RM20mil worth of residential properties in upper class neighbourhoods of Penang island have been left unoccupied for many years, turning them into eyesores.

The dilapidated buildings at Jalan Masjid Negeri and Lebuh Bukit Jambul have become dumpsites or breeding ground for mosquitoes.

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