
No houses, shops or factories in Jinjang Selatan Tambahan, Kepong, will be demolished tomorrow despite a court order requiring the residents, traders and factory operators to vacate.
Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng said the decision was reached after he held discussions with several government agencies.
“However, we will wait and see if any legal action will be taken by the tenants involved,” he said in a statement.
Lim also questioned whether the affected families and traders had ever applied for low-cost government housing or were simply waiting for the government to approach them.
“This land is government property and belongs to all Malaysians collectively — it is not meant to be inherited or sublet by a few families,” said Lim.
Residents had been staying in the area since 1969 under a temporary occupation…