Despite having only a slim chance of winning the case against the one developer since DBKL approved the DO, City Hall still needs to fight as the land was sold at a much lower value, says Khalid (centre).
KUALA LUMPUR: Nearly all of the 97 dubious Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) land transactions have been settled through negotiations with many forms of compensation involved, except for one, says Federal Territories Minister Khalid Abdul Samad.
As such, he said, only one case would be fought in court.
“The party involved has refused to negotiate and said they would sue DBKL for not allowing them to begin construction despite having an approved development order (DO), but there is no news on it yet.
“The land was sold at RM40mil despite the market value of RM120mil.
“Despite having only a slim chance of winning the case as DBKL approved the DO, we still need to fight, as the land was sold at a much lower value.
“Hopefully, the court will acknowledge the unfairness,” Khalid said after handing over keys to Residensi Jalilmas homeowners in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur.
He said the ministry received more than 30 applications for a total of 29,000 affordable houses in Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Labuan this year.
“The target is to approve between 8,000 and 10,000 units every year, in line with the government's plan to build one million units of affordable homes within the next 10 years.
“We fell short last year, only approving about 6,000 units, but that is okay because the new government had just taken over.
“Despite the many projects that have been approved, there is still a long waiting list for affordable homes.
“There is great demand for it, so I hope the people will understand why there are still housing projects being approved,” he said.
