MRT Corp not acquiring properties in Pinggir Zaaba after all
MASS Rapid Transit Corporation (MRT Corp) has confirmed that it will not acquire the 25 houses in Pinggir Zaaba, Taman Tun Dr Ismail in Kuala Lumpur.
MRT Corp strategic communications and public relations director Amir Mahmood Razak said its special compensation committee had rejected the acquisition plan on grounds that there was no legal requirement to do so.
“We had focused our attention on the 25 houses, which were closest to the alignment since September last year. The original request was for them to be relocated. After speaking to the houseowners, they were interested in the compensation plan.
“We submitted the papers to the special compensation committee two weeks after conducting property evaluation. The committee rejected it, as it will cause unnecessary precedence in the future,” said Amir during a media briefing at the MRT Information Centre in Taman Tun Dr Ismail yesterday.
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