I refer to the Statement of Penang Chief Minister on Malaysiakini today
throwing various wild allegations against Hindraf .
I wish to reply as follows:
He has lied and mislead the Malaysian public that Hindraf had "lied"that
acquiring Kg.Buah Pala would cost the State Government RM 30 Million.
He further misleads in his statement implying that Hindraf had represented
that the State Government could acquire the Kg below the market value.
The above statements by Lim Guan Eng is an absolute and blatant lie
deliberately calculated to mislead the Malaysian public and divert from
the real issue staring at him.
It was his own Political Secretary that had issued a statement yesterday
(malaysiakini) that it would cost the state RM30 million to compensate
the developers.
However we are aware of his posting on a blog and widely circulated in the
emails that it costs more than tens of millions to do so.
My point is simple- where did Guan Eng get this ridiculus sum from? Why is
he putting the cart before the horse? Perhaps he is not getting proper
advise from his State Legal Adviser or perhaps his arrogance has cloded
his mind. The necessary procedures which are lenghty and elaborate are
clearly provided for in Section 18-35 Land Acquisation Act. The amount of
compensation to be paid are to be assessed by the Land administrator
after valuations and survey. If the amount of compensation awarded by the
Land administor is not acceptable by the Developer then he would have to
rely on provisions of Section 36-51 of the Land Acquisation Act where the
Court would determine the appropriate compensation with the assistance of
assessors.
So why is he now blaming HINDRAF for his ignorance of the Law. He has to
justify how his Political Secretary came up with RM30 million or even his
own Statement that it would cost more than "tens of Millions". Instead he
is trying to divert from the real issue.
He further states "the forcible acquisation of Kg Buah Pala involving
developed land would be of frightening magnitute and the State Government
did not have the financial capability to do so".
Guan Eng is definately a liar and hoodwinking the public. Kg Buah Pala is
not a developed land in the first place. I may be thousands of miles away
but i will vouch it is a yet to be developed land and the developers had
done nothing on the piece of land as yet. So WHAT IS HE FRIGHTENED ABOUT.
The villagers have been occupying the land for 200 years and the land is
developed in this modern day as a cultural village by the poor and
defenceless people of Penang with their own sweat and blood. If the land
is worth hundreds of millions of Ringgit because it is developed then the
compensation should be to the owners as they are the real developers of
the land at the present moment.
Guan Eng claims that the land which is believed to be transfered under
dubious manner by the previous BN Government is the fault of the previous
Government. But he must remember that the actual transfer of the said land
had occured during his tenure as the Chief Minister.
If the previous Government had made a fraudulent deal then he is part of
the fraudulent transaction for having sanctioned the transfer after he
became the Chief Minister.
The need of a roof over one's head is a basic neccessity just like food
and clothing. These poor people have been there with a little
space/compound (for their children to play) and a safe roof for 200 years
in a piece of land given to them on trust by the Brown family. So why now
rob them of the basic necessity? Guan Eng had also lied that the people
was offered compensation of RM200,000 and that many had accepted the
offer and moved.But in actual fact they were offered RM90,000 by
developers far below market value and which is insuffient for them to buy
a new property in any part of Penang and the actual number of houseowners
who accepted the shortchanged deal were 7 and not many as claimed by Guan
Eng ( 5 Malay families and 2 Indian families). As far as i am concerned he
is a heartless man for lying and colluding with the developers in
uprooting these people with a peanut offer of RM90,000. The villagers had
clearly stated that it is not an issue of
compensation but a matter of preserving their peaceful existence in their
hereditary cultural living over a safe roof. The basic need of a safe roof
is a fundamental Human Right. As a responsible Chief Minister and a man
who claims to lead the Democratic Party he should be the first to protect
and preserve their homes but instead robbing them of thier basic
necessity and Human dignity. HINDRAF would vigourously resist any
attempt to take away this fundamental right and dignity even if it means
ending our friendship with DAP.
Yes I agree HINDRAF has been infiltrated by BN stooges and Police Special
Branch which is trying hard to break the Movement. But i will not sit
idle and see him destroy the fundamental right in the name of development
of not only Indian Community but of any community for the matter.
HINDRAF calls upon other Pakatan Coalition leaders to advice this
heartless Chief Minister.
P.Waytha Moorthy
Chairman, HINDRAF
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