RAMADAN bazaar lots at Kuala Lumpur's Lorong Tuanku Abdul Rahman (Lorong TAR) are still being resold at a higher price, says Federation of Hawkers and Traders Association of Malaysia president Datuk Seri Rosli Sulaiman.
He said 20% of the 216 lots at the bazaar was resold, going for as high as RM12,000.
“The association members had monitored the lots for several days and we found that there are two brokers reselling the lots ranging from RM8,000 to RM12,000.
“Additionally, there are two individuals who owned two lots respectively, sold their lots ranging from RM7,000 to RM12,000," he claimed.
“This is still happening despite Kuala Lumpur City Hall handling the licence application for Ramadan bazaars in Kuala Lumpur this year.
“I urge the authorities to nip this problem in the bud,” he said at a press conference on Thursday (March 13).
On Jan 23, The Star reported that City Hall will fully handle licence applications and maintenance of Ramadan Bazaars in Kuala Lumpur starting this year to ensure reasonable rental fees for stalls and better management.
Rosli said his association had monitored the situation at Lorong TAR and gathered evidence of the wrongdoings.
“We had lodged a report at the Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on Feb 24 and subsequently an MACC officer from Putrajaya met with us on Feb 28.
“We assisted the officer in the investigation.
“After that, we gathered information and evidence on the identity of the broker and those reselling their lots.
“We then lodged a police report on March 12 at the Jinjang police station on the reselling of bazaar lots,” said Rosli, who is also president of Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur Bumiputera Traders and Hawkers Association.
Meanwhile, Rosli’s special officer Mohd Nasir Frozdin said that even the association's members were offered the bazaar lots at a higher price.
“The broker had approached us and offered to sell us the bazaar lots, at a high price,” he said.
