THE Subang Jaya City Council (MBSJ) will take enforcement action tomorrow against the Jalan B/K 3 Residents Association in Bandar Kinrara, Puchong, after finding its RFID and ANPR barriers still restricting access to neighbourhood roads despite a Sept 2 deadline to open them.
A council spokesperson said an inspection after the deadline found that both systems were still operating.
“We inspected the site after the deadline and found that both the RFID and ANPR systems were still operating. We will carry out an enforcement operation tomorrow to remove them,” the spokesperson said.
RFID, or radio frequency identification, uses a reader to detect an electronic tag or access card registered to a vehicle.
Residents say it is used at Gate B on Jalan BK3/3B, which is accessible only to residents’ association members with registered cards.
ANPR uses a camera to read a vehicle’s number plate and check it against a list of registered vehicles.
Residents say the system is used at Gate A in Jalan BK3/3A. If a vehicle is not registered, a guard has to open the barrier manually. Non-residents must register at the guardhouse with their identification card or driver's license.
Residents also say Jalan BK3/4, Jalan BK3/5 and Jalan BK3/6 are padlocked, leaving Gates A and B as the only usable access points.
Letchumanan Karuppan, who has lived in the neighbourhood for 15 years, said Gate B was closer to his home and offered a more direct route to the nearby Bukit Jalil Highway.
“I live near Gate B. Why can’t I use it?” he said, adding that he had to take a longer route to reach Gate A.
Another resident, Yoke Kiaw Lim, a motorcyclist, said he lives close to Gate B but cannot use it.
In a letter dated Aug 26, MBSJ gave the association seven days, from Aug 27 to Sept 2, to open the automatic barriers. The council said the systems did not comply with PLANMalaysia guarded-community guidelines and obstructed public roads.
Resident Ricky Fong said the association could not treat a public road as private property for the exclusive use of its members.
The spokesperson said MBSJ would check with the Land Office whether the association had applied for permission to occupy the land used for its guardhouse, including through a temporary occupation licence.
“Our records indicate that the guardhouse and its TNB connection may not have the necessary approvals. We will inspect the site tomorrow and, if the guardhouse and TNB connection is found to be illegal, we will take action,” the spokesperson said.
The association has applied for permission to operate its guarded-community scheme until December, the spokesperson said.
“We will allow it to continue as usual as long as it complies with the rules. We will review the matter at the end of the year,” the spokesperson said.
MBSJ correspondence recorded 216 homes in the area, including 180 households supporting or paying for the scheme and 36 non-members.
BK 3 Residents Association chairman Catherine Peh defended the use of RFID, saying it was installed at only one entrance and that the neighbourhood had two entrances and two exits.
She said residents could use the road if they joined the association.
Residents questioned why they should have to become members to use a public road in their own neighbourhood.
