Residents of Bandar Mahkota Cheras - Unfairly treated by Grand Saga

Residents of the Bandar Mahkota Cheras have been unfairly treated again by the Highway Concession Company, Grand Saga Sdn Bhd. The highway concession company has on 2006 blocked the access road that ad-joint to the Cheras-Kajang Highway. This moved by Grand Saga Sdn Bhd was to prevent the residents of Bandar Mahkota Cheras to bypass the toll.

Request was sent to ask Grand Saga Sdn Bhd to open up the access road so that residents do not have to suffer massive jam everyday. However, Grand Saga Sdn Bhd refused to do so and the company has posed a demand of compensation money of few hundred millions from the developer or the state government for toll lost if the access road is being opened.

Numerous appeals to the politicians and government to help but no action was taken by these people. After 2 long years, the residents of Bandar Mahkota Cheras take matter into their own hand, forming an Open Access Road Committee and with the help of the opposition parties, they have on 21 April 2008, forcefully remove the concrete block that was placed by Grand Saga Sdn Bhd in front of the access road.

To prevent Grand Saga to re-place the concrete barrier back, the committee has encamp themselves at the junction 24 7. The committee has also assist to direct traffic before the traffic police was asked to help out. It was a great day for the residents of Bandar Mahkota Cheras because they do not have to go through massive jam just to get in and out from their township.

Grand Saga Sdn Bhd has claimed that the concrete barrier was rightfully place under their premises but opposition parties have engaged an independent land surveyor to find out whether the concrete barrier was place under the state government land, and if so, they government has the right to remove it. Result was released 28 April that the concrete barriers was indeed place at the state government land. Thus, the government has all right to remove it.

The residents of Bandar Mahkota Cheras was all but joyfull until 7 Maym 2008 1pm, Grand Saga Sdn Bhd, under the watchful eyes of the police force & FRU, re-place the concrete barrier 2 feet behind the original barrier which was removed earlier. Residents of Bandar Mahkota Cheras and the committee were caught off guard and by the time they gather together to oppose, the concrete barriers was almost done.

Why would the police and FRU was send to assist Grand Saga in their re-placement of the barrier?

Why didn’t the federal government interfere and help the residents of Bandar Mahkota Cheras?

Why didn’t the chinese politics association who lost badly in the previous election help out the people as they claimed to reform and focus on helping the people.

This issue was reported daily on local major dailies but none, I repeat, none of the federal government parties stand out and offer help to resolve this problem for residents of Bandar Mahkota Cheras. Residents of Bandar Mahkota Cheras, we have been treated unfairly by the highway concession company, Grand Saga Sdn Bhd as well as our much trusted federal government.

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