Penang Chief Minister Guan Eng makes several points:
- The crisis was created under the previous BN administration;
- The Buah Pala villagers should distinguish between their friends and those responsible for their predicament;
- The Penang government has to act according to the law;
- The Penang state government cannot afford to re-acquire the 6.5 acre plot of land, he claims: “I don’t even want to try and guess the amount.” (The previous BN state government had reportedly sold the land to the developers for only RM3.2 million or about RM11 per square foot in 2005.)
The following is a chronology of events prepared by an activist:
Kronologi
1950-2005
Tanah Kampung Buah Pala terletak di bawah Housing Trust Act 1950 dan penduduknya membayar TOL (temporary occupation licence) setiap tahun kepada Pejabat Tanah
1999
Penduduk Kampung Buah Pala memohon Kerajaan Persekutuan untuk melindungi warisan Kampung Buah Pala sebagai kampung tradisi India
2005
Pejabat Tanah tidak mahu menerima bayaran TOL oleh Kampung Buah Pala.
Tanah kemudian dijual sebanyak RM3.21juta kepada Koperasi Pegawai Kerajaan Pulau Pinang Berhad (KPKPP) dan Nusmetro Venture Sdn Bhd Pinang. Nusmetro dan KPKPP memberi notis pengusiran kepada penduduk-penduduk Kampung Buah Pala.
27 Mac 2008
Tanah dipindah dari tangan Kerajaan Negeri/Persekutuan (trustee) kepada Nusmetro Venture Sdn Bhd dan KPKPP. Penduduk Kampung Buah Pala membawa kes ini ke Mahkamah Tinggi
Oktober 2008
Kampung Buah Pala menang di Mahkamah Tinggi.
KPKPP membawa kes ke Mahkamah Rayuan Persekutuan.
18 Jan 2009
Perayaan Ponggal untuk merayakan warisan berusia hampir 200 tahun Kampung Buah Pala. Banyak wakil rakyat termasuk Anwar Ibrahim berjanji untuk berjuang untuk Kg Buah Pala.
11 Mei 2009
Pemaju tanah menang kes di Mahkamah Rayuan Persekutuan. Penduduk Kampung Buah Pala diberi notis pengusiran 30 hari.
6 Jun 2009
Sidang akhbar memberi nafas baru kepada isu Kampung Buah Pala.
8 Jun 2009
Mesyuarat antara Kerajaan Negeri dan Pertubuhan Penduduk-Penduduk Kg Buah Pala. Kerajaan Negeri menubuhkan jawatankuasa penyiasatan untuk isu tanah Kg Buah Pala. Penduduk-penduduk menekan bahawa mereka tidak akan menyerah tanah mereka kepada pemaju tanah.
11 Jun 2009
Hari ke-30 dari notis pengusiran. Lori penuh dengan batu konkrit datang tapi patah balik selepas gagal masuk ke Kg Buah Pala.
16 Jun 2009
Case management di Mahkamah Persekutuan
19 Jun 2009
Perhimpunan lilin di Kg Buah Pala
24 June 2009
Hearing di Mahkamah Persekutuan
KB on June 30th, 2009 at 11.45am
Anil,
Can the Penang govt. acquire the land by force without paying compensation to the owners as Uthayakumar claimed?
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Respect the rule of laws, but rule by your own laws.
LGE shall be more vocal on this issue, not simply pointing fingers to other people again.
Does state government can reverse the ex-state government decision under the framework of laws?
If NO, LGE please explain the reasons to rakyats.
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Correction: Respect the rule of laws, not rule by your own laws.
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HINDRAF!! What are they??? Threats??? You think the people owe you?? Have some sense or whether they have the brains.Calling yourself as malaysian but always mentioning INDIANS as your origin.
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All these unanswered land deals lead back to the doorstep of Koh Tsu Koon who has not even seen fit to utter a word on this.
He was, after all, the CM when all this took place.
Gerakan members should reflect on their choice of leaders.
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LGE should learn how to say things like professionals do. He can demonstrate sarcasms but in subtle forms and not behave like the Bee-N hooligans. He should also check his body language. Don’t get overboard. Find the killer statement and say it no more than twice. The first time is to hit the nail on its head and the repeat is for emphasis. “Differentiating friends from enemies and truth from lies” is a good killer statement. Saying it over and over again dilutes the impact. After one and a half years he should have polished such oratory skills. Work on it, LGE – it’s never too late. At least you are still better than a lot of those Bee-N goons. But don’t bask in glory as you are the one-eyed Jack in the kingdom of the blind.
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Respect the Rule of Law.
Yes, CM LGE, you are absolutely right there.
So what is stopping you?
In the legal rulebook, FRAUD is clearly against the Rule of Law.
Under the Housing Act 1950 the land that is KBP was land held in trust for the villagers/residents of that village. The Federal Government took over the role of trustee at independence and as legal trustee, it had no right to dispose the land without first getting the consent of the beneficiaries under that trust, i.e. the villagers of KBP.
So shouldn’t the Penang state government be supporting the villagers in a legal suit against the original Alliance/BN Federal Government trustee for criminal breach of its trusteeship duties?
And the way I see it, leadership is different from friendship. Leadership is about knowing right from wrong and having the courage to do the right thing, no matter what, and irrespective of any existant ties of friendship.
“Imagine Power To The People” John Lennon.
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Penang should be run on their own now … Make their own rules and built a new city . Im sure many investors will go to penang for holidays like Pattaya or Bali….
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the state government can allocate low cost house for the families? How many families are living in each house? how many low cost houses for the 200k that compensate by developer?
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low cost house? the problem is.. there’s no land’s left.
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Till today we have not seen the trust document by the Brown family. Since Waytha is in UK have he tried to trace the Brown family? All i have seen is we are talking about something that seems do not exist i.e. the trust document. If at all it exist then the villagers would have won the case in the courts. As for holding DAP for the promises they made during the election, has the BN delivered all the promises they made for the last 52 years? Just look at HINDRAF during the rally promises every Indian to receive USD 1 million till today there has not been any progress (only progress is more indian party and NGO is being formed), then Udayakumar claimed that he was ill treated in Kamunting, how could a person who has hairline fracture on four of his toes walk? The same guy requested for asylum status from the UK government by claiming that Malaysian government is trying to kill him couple of years back and he was deported back to malaysia since the UK government were not convinced then. Now he is off to UK to seek for treatment wherelse the people who he intigated to go against LGE are left behind. All of us have work hard to put a roof over our family and the KG Buah Pala folks are still trying to take a free ride on their so call forefathers squater land for another century. Similar fate have befallen hundreds of indian family when the estates that they have been working for generations were sold off during the 80′s with little or no compensation. i consider these folks are very lucky that they are being offered compensation which by any standard is quite substantial. So stop pushing your luck. For everyones information Tamilians heritage is not some cow herders… but are great builders, linguist and one of the earliest civilisation so read your history properly before you claim something that is not true.
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