Work on Bukit Gasing goes on despite court order
By SALINA KHALID
THE developer involved in the development of Sanctuary Ridge Kuala Lumpur City – a project to build 68 bungalows on a 15.5ha site in Bukit Gasing said it has not received any stop-work order from Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL).
A Gasing Meridian spokesman said it had not received anything from the local authority to prevent them from continuing hoarding work at the site.
Together as one: The residents gathering to protest in spite of the rain.
“As far as we are concerned, work on the hoardings continues but we have not started construction work yet,” he said.
The company had begun putting up hoardings upon obtaining the approvals dated Oct 2, 2007, and Nov 16, 2007.
He was speaking in response to a protest by a group of Bukit Gasing residents on Sunday.
A group of residents joined the Joint Action Committee (JAC) and braved the rain to gather at the Taman Gasing Indah playground to protest against the work carried out on the hillside despite a court order.
On April 2, the Kuala Lumpur High Court granted the 108 residents an ex parte interim injunction to halt all development work pending a court hearing on April 23.
The residents had urged the mayor to put the public’s interest as the top priority instead of the developer’s.
They had also questioned why City Hall did not issue a stop work order despite the court award.
“The stay order issued by the court should be adhered to and the developer should stall any future development on the site,” Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah Anwar said in a statement read by a representative.
The residents have also started a signature drive to show support for the campaign.
