Ijok settlers reject meeting to seal new deal
BESTARI JAYA: Some of the 981 settlers in Ijok rejected a Feb 12 meeting organised by a developer to ink a new deal pertaining to their land.
The settlers’ representative, Mohd Fadzil Ibrahim, said they were displeased over the alleged changes to the deal, which was originally made in 2000.
He said the developer was offering them each a house worth RM200,000.
The size of the houses, he claimed, was smaller than what was originally decided on in 2000.
“I was made to understand that the Selangor Menteri Besar (Datuk Seri Azmin Ali) had said that the houses would be worth RM400,000, but the developer is now telling us a different story.
“According to the original agreement, the house was supposed to be a four-bedroom semidetached (three rooms on the first floor and one on the ground floor),” Fadzil said.
Fadzil claimed that, based on the original agreement, the compensation payout would be based on current market prices.
“As such, with the land valued at RM1.18 billion, by all accounts we should be paid a larger compensation.
“We are getting a total of RM421.4 million in compensation. By right, the compensation for 0.4ha of land should be at least RM500,000.
“We’re not being greedy, but we’re only demanding what is rightly ours.
“While the developer can reap millions, what about the fate of our families?”
Prior to this, Barisan Nasional Strategic Communications director Datuk Seri Abdul Rahman Dahlan had urged Azmin to clarify why the Selangor government had handed over a plot of land worth RM1.18 billion in Ijok to two developers, Mujur Zaman Sdn Bhd and LCBN Development Sdn Bhd, in 2016.