Now we hear that the federal government is “ready to help” the High Chaparral residents, says Deputy Minister T Murugiah.
“Although the Barisan Nasional (BN) is not in power in the state, the Federal Government still belongs to BN and we should help the people, regardless of their race,” he said. Check out the Bernama report here.
Meanwhile, former Penang chief minister Koh Tsu Koon has washed his hands off the Kampung Buah Pala crisis, saying he would not interfere to avoid getting blamed.
“He (Lim) always blame me for everything that he cannot do, he either blames the federal government or the previous state government. He always push issues which he cannot solve to the federal government,” he added. See full Bernama report here.
That’s a cop out. Tsu Koon cannot be let off so easily and must be held accountable. He must provide a detailed explanation as to how the Brown housing trust (vested Crown) land for the Kampung Buah Pala villagers was turned to TOL land. Who were the beneficiaries of the trust?
He must also explain why and how the land was sold to the Penang State Government Officers Cooperative for RM3.2 million. Who were the key players in the state government, the cooperative and the developer responsible for the deal? He must answer these questions.
Guan Eng for his part has to explain what took place on 27 March 2008 – three weeks after the Pakatan took over power in Penang. Was he aware of it – or was it done by the Land Office without his knowledge? Had the new administration issued any instructions to the Land Office not to do anything without the state government’s approval? Or was any change put through by the Land Office without the new state government leaders’ knowledge? We need answers.
I hope Deputy CM Mansor’s investigative committee will be looking into all these issues in his report as well.
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Guys,
I spoke to even BN people, Johor is also not safe for them. It is count down to party time…..as slong as PR stays together….
please dont blame the present state govt. they are indeed trying to clear all the s*** left by the previous BN govt.
let’s all be fair and give our whole support to the present state govt. after being looted by BN for the last 5 decades, we shud at least let pakatan prove that they can do better to look after Penang.
i believe they can and are doing their best.
Penangites unite for ours and our children’s future.
Rakyat diutamakan – Najib
kah kah kah!!!! lol!
Ravi on July 7th, 2009 at 11.05am
well LGE resigns, another by election, and you expect KTK to turn back the clock and let Kampung Buah Pala folks to continue squat for free ?
why don’t the hindraf fellas go and camp outside Jalan Marie Pitchay ?
That was what happened to kpg tg tokong back in the 1980s…
on platinum plate to UDA…now…walllaa!!! multi billion projects in the fat belly of (certain parties).
Past 38years was umno penang being facilitated by gerakan penang in the name of DEVELOPMENT kicking away kampung one after another.
I admire the residents of this Kampung Buah Pala, stood up, to tell the world of land scams. UMNO – GERAKAN, education and knowledge of rakyat’s rights is important.
Federal wants to help…haha haha haha kah kah !!!
Lets all camp infront of GERAKAN PENANG HQ OFFICE MACALISTER ROAD PENANG……..some rakyat dont know true story of kpg buah pala…
A thought…why isnt Penang Heritage Trust interested in defending this kpg buah pala turning it into heritage indian kpg for tourism….
A PHT spokeswoman did speak strongly about the heritage value of the area during a press conference organised by the villagers. – Anil
Thanks Anil.
There are more to come like kpg buah pala in the future if BN rules penang again.
Anil, is this true?
Rent cover from Cm’s salary or backcharge to Penang State Govt? Help.
http://thenutgraph.com/article-4409.htmlPenang
Gerakan Youth wants Guan Eng to explain luxury bungalow
8 Jul 09 : 7.40PM
PENANG, 8 July 2009: Penang Gerakan Youth today called on Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng to explain the renting of a luxury bungalow.
The movement’s vice-head, H’ng Khoon Leng, said the explanation would be in line with the concept of “Efficiency, Accountability and Transparency” practised by the state government led by Lim, and that Lim’s avoidance of several questions raised by Gerakan on the matter showed that he was trying to evade the issue.
“Lim had said in a statement that he need not respond to what we had raised because it was a personal matter, and this reflected that the chief minister is arrogant, not transparent, and is trying to avoid petty issues.
“What we raised needs to be answered because it involves the principles of transparency and public expenditure. Don’t the people have the right to know about it?” H’ng said at a press conference here today.
On Monday, it was reported that Gerakan Youth was disappointed with Lim for citing the presence of termites, fire ants and civet cats at his official residence, Seri Teratai, as reasons for his moving into a luxury bungalow.
Consequently, H’ng was reported to have asked for a clarification from Lim on when the chief minister had decided to move out of his official residence; the date of the deposit payment for renting the luxury bungalo; and to show the rental agreement letter and the duration of the agreement.
Gerakan Youth was also reported to have asked for an explanation on the massive renovation works on the bungalow, including the cost, who paid for the renovation, and when Lim would move back to Seri Teratai. — Bernama
I have a question here:
If ever PM federal able to settle the kampung buah pala issue by bailing out with some fund, will this mean the villages & hindraf will support BN?
I dont think tax payer want their money all into this kampung buah pala.
By history how many malay kampungs in Penang were destroyed during BN-UMNO’s time. UMNO just loving doing it one kampung after another in the name of development and facililated by Gerakan. The malays continued voting BN until when it is critical, when they want change, how many kampungs left today?
I can see many in future like kpg buah pala but the malays are too arrogant to learn from others until they get a letter noticing them to move out.
Even in the RSNPP 2020 kampung warisan also subject to future destruction if Ncer materialised, if BN rules again. Kampung Warisan is an opera created by UMNO and Gerakan. Bluff.
Rakyat must be smart to survive, out there are
scavangers be it BN or PR.
LGE will stay as the CM of Penang. Hindraf is barking at the wrong tree. They are playing with people’s emotion. Hindraf should do their homework before condemning the PR government in this blunt manner. Soon, Hindraf will be seen neither here nor there. Please do your homework before opening your mouth. Whose fault is all this? The present PR government or the past BN government. The truth is out now, and Hindraf go and tell the true culprits to solve this problem. LGE is a sound leader. He will past this test with distinction.
In all fairness, any settlement must be done prior to the high court ruling. Once the court rule, both the plaintiff and defendant must abide by the ruling. The court ruled that the residents are in fact squatters.
I think the squatters want to have the cake and eat it too. Plain & simple, they had lost the trial. They were determined by the court that they do not own the land as they had claimed. They have presented tons of evidences yet the court is not convinced.
In this case, I think LGE and company are going overboard to help negotiate a settlement. Now, the develop has given in and willing to give each family a 1400sf double storey terrace house. The value of the house is around RM600-700K in that area.
If the squatters are still not willing to accept the offer, I say bring in the bulldozers…. They do not deserve any of our sympathies.