KLANG: As the Klang municipal council prepares to demolish an illegally built satay house owned by a councillor, another restaurant – this time built by a state executive councillor – is in the spotlight for not having a building plan.

The restaurant, specialising in banana leaf rice, is owned by State Unity and Plantation Workers Committee chairman Datuk K. Sivalingam.

IN THE SOUP: The three-year-old restaurant in contention that was built on land that belongs to Sivalingam, but only transferred to him last month.

For the past three years, Sivalingam’s wife and son have been operating the restaurant next to the Selangor Road Transport Department in Padang Jawa near here.

Responding to allegations by state opposition leader Teng Chang Khim that building plans were not submitted for the restaurant, Sivalingam said he had submitted an application to the Shah Alam City Council in 2003.

The Ijok assemblyman said the council had not proceeded with his application because of a legal glitch over the ownership of the land which was only sorted out last month.

Sivalingan said he bought the land in 1979 but it was not registered in his name even after fully settling his loan with the Nesa Cooperative Society.

“I sought legal redress and the courts ordered the cooperative to transfer the land to me last year,” he said when contacted yesterday, adding that the transfer was finally completed last month.

Sivalingan said the Shah Alam City Council had issued him a licence three years ago to run the restaurant.

Teng had earlier claimed that it was impossible for Sivalingam’s restaurant to be legally built because records showed that he had only acquired the land last month.

“Since there is no building plan, it is an illegal structure and the situation is similar to the DZ Satay House. The only difference is that the satay outlet was on government land while Sivalingam owns this land,” he said.

DZ Satay House, owned by Port Klang assemblyman Datuk Zakaria Md Deros’ son Zainuri, was illegally built on government land and will be torn down tomorrow.

Teng said that as a state executive councillor, the onus was on Sivalingam to explain why he had allowed the restaurant to operate in an illegal structure on his land.

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