The four-month struggle of Taman Kepong residents for land titles is nearly complete, however, the problem may be more widespread than imagined.
Status of their land titles first came to light when a case involving a 76-year-old woman who had received a photocopy of the document, instead of the original, from the Federal Territory Land and Mines Office in the early 1990s was discovered recently.
With the help of Kepong MP Dr Tan Seng Giaw, the Taman Kepong Action Group chairman M.U. Arumugam and his team has secured permanent land title grants for 80% of house owners.
“The problem was caused by the developer not conducting a proper survey. The calculation was in sq ft instead of per sq metre,” said Arumugam.
Department of Survey and Mapping Malaysia (JUPEM) handled the issue that the land office inherited from their predecessors.
Currently 475 titles in Phase One of Taman Kepong have been registered and are ready for collection, while 49 are still held up.
In Phase Two, 385 of 600 titles are already registered and the remaining to be completed soon.
When the issue of Taman Kepong came to light, neighbouring residential areas decided to check on their land titles and many of them realised they are facing the same problem.
Carl Loo and his girlfriend Annie Wong, both 25, turned up at the meeting organised by Arumugam and his committee to brief the residents about the status of the transfer recently.
Carl Loo and his girlfriend Annie Wong, both 25, turned up at the meeting organised by Arumugam and his committee to brief the residents about the status of the transfer recently.
According to Loo, Wong’s father realised that he had a photostat copy of the temporary title.
“We came on behalf of her father to check on the best way to proceed with this problem. We only found out about it after Taman Kepong residents highlighted the issue,” said Loo.
Arumugam said they found out about the other areas affected through a list sent by the land office of house owners whose land title had been issued.
Tan said the problem was prevalent throughout the country and nearby residents, including Kepong Baru,
Jinjang, Desa Jaya and Taman Ehsan are also affected.
“I will help the residents of Kepong Baru and Jinjang since they are in my jurisdiction. As for the other areas I will talk to the relevant MPs to brief them on the issue,” added Tan.
He also said they would solve the problem one step at a time to avoid chaos and panic.
However, there are several issues that need to be taken care of by the owners before the land title could be issued.
Warm Regard, Sara Pandian
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