Resettlement Delays Spark Fresh Protests

The participants of Rancangan Perkampungan Tersusun (RPT) Kampung Hock Aun are disappointed over the Perak CM’s Adviser’s announcement over the development of Kampung Hock Aun.

The issue of resettlement has been brought up numerous times by the protesters and Pakatan Rakyat (PKR), but to date it remains unattended to. Kampung Hock Aun is situated off Jln Kuala Kangsar in Ipoh and the village sits on a prime developmental land.

The 15 to 20 families staying there have houses with electricity meters but the residents share water supply from a temple situated at the site.There have been numerous protests and the latest was as per  the date on the video.

City Council chose to keep silent about it until now. However, the City Council personnel with Chief Minister’s Indian Affairs Adviser Datuk Veerasingam made a similar offer to redevelop the same land without acknowledging that prior negotiations had taken place.

The people there resided on the government owned land from as early as in the early1970s. Most of them are Malaysian Indians and during the last elections the Ipoh City Council had offered each family, the land to be acquired for RM14,000 (MBI earlier said RM14,800) plus a premium of  RM1,500 to redevelop the said land.

The people consist of poor Indians and they cannot afford even this and had requested the City Council to be more sympathetic towards them.