Firms breach bumi-housing quota, buyers penalised

More than 500 unit owners of a housing project in Rawang were sold bumiputra lots without their knowledge. — Photos: AZLINA ABDULLAH and LOW LAY PHON/The Star

MORE than a decade after purchasing their dream homes, hundreds of homeowners in Selangor find themselves trapped in a nightmarish situation.

They had unknowingly bought bumiputra units and are now saddled with penalty fees amounting to millions as the developers have gone into liquidation.