DBKK targets illegal Sembulan homes

City crackdown: Enforcement officers inspecting homes at Sembulan water village in Kota Kinabalu, where a technical survey from Dec 8-12 found both temporary and permanent structures failed to meet safety, planning and hygiene standards.

KOTA KINABALU: Kota Kinabalu City Hall (DBKK) will begin operations to evict people from illegal and unsafe houses, and premises with expired leases in the Sembulan water village here this month, before demolishing them.

In a statement on Facebook yesterday, DBKK said the action comes following inspections which found some of the houses were unapproved and unsafe, other than concerns over the unsanitary conditions around the area.