TAMAN TIARA TITIWANGSA VICTORY A VINDICATION TO THE PERSISTENT STRUGGLE BY RESIDENTS
I would like to congratulate the residents of Taman Tiara Titiwangsa on their recent victory against DBKL at the Federal Court.
This is a vindication to the hard work and persistent struggle by the residents.
The Federal Court had ruled that DBKL's appeal on the issue was futile as the Kuala Lumpur City Plan 2020 had come into force.
In 2019, I had criticised DBKL for appealing the Court of Appeal's decision that declared the public objection hearing was null and void as it was not carried out adequately.
I emphasised that DBKL should instead learn to improve how it carries out objections instead of filing appeals.
In April this year, together with the residents of Taman Tiara Titiwangsa, we asked how much was spent by DBKL in hiring outside lawyers for cases in Taman Tiara Titiwangsa and why did DBKL insist on appealing cases that have been won by residents?
Between 2018 to 2021, DBKL had spent RM1.1 million on legal fees against residents in the Taman Rimba Kiara case, including RM433,000 to a former senior judge to represent DBKL at the Court of Appeal.
The rakyat's money should not be used to hire expensive lawyers in cases that not only have been decided by ordinary courts, but the Court of Appeal. Instead, the same money could be spent for the benefit of the city's residents, especially the urban poor.
NIK NAZMI NIK AHMAD
SETIAWANGSA MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT
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