Confused by conflicting statements

I WAS astonished to read the statements by state assemblyman of Kota Anggerik, Yaakob Sapari, as reported in “All clear for new highway: State government gives the go-ahead for work to begin on DASH” (The Star, Oct 5).

As a resident in the “stretch of contention” of the proposed Damansara-Shah Alam Highway (DASH) for over a decade (12 years to be precise) now, I would like to rebut the comment he reportedly made that “in the case of DASH, only about 12% of those who would be affected are protesting, and their properties only make up 200m of the 20.4km stretch.”