12:05pm: Villagers finally leave Komtar on police advice.
11:50am: Villagers refuse to leave Komtar, saying they were there "sight-seeing"
11:40am The villagers ordered to leave Komtar. Group angry that they have been stopped from entering the state administration building on Level 3.
11:30am 10 village representatives gathered at Komtar and are heading to the Chief Minister's office
11.20am: Police receive letter asking for protection against the developer but say they are unable to take sides in an issue already decided by the court.
10:35am: Residents and supporters arrive at police headquarters to hand over memorandum appealing to the police to stop the demolition.
08:30am: All is quiet. Some residents hold watch at village entrance
GEORGE TOWN: The deadline for Kampung Buah Pala folks to move out is here and residents plan to handover a memorandum to the police at 10am before going on a hunger strike today.
All is quiet at the village with a few residents keeping vigil at the entrance.
The Kampung Buah Pala villagers will have to vacate their land by Wednesday following the Federal Court’s decision on Aug 20 which rejected the appeal of the 23 families to stay on in the 2.6ha of prime land.
The Federal Court reaffirmed its June 24 decision that the villagers must vacate their homes and hand the property over to the developer by Tuesday.
The developer had failed in its two attempts to demolish the village due to protests by the affected families.
Nusmetro Ventures (P) Sdn Bhd executive director Thomas Chan had said the company would take vacant possession of the land any time after Sept 1.
Star Online
01/09/09
11:50am: Villagers refuse to leave Komtar, saying they were there "sight-seeing"
11:40am The villagers ordered to leave Komtar. Group angry that they have been stopped from entering the state administration building on Level 3.
11:30am 10 village representatives gathered at Komtar and are heading to the Chief Minister's office
11.20am: Police receive letter asking for protection against the developer but say they are unable to take sides in an issue already decided by the court.
10:35am: Residents and supporters arrive at police headquarters to hand over memorandum appealing to the police to stop the demolition.
08:30am: All is quiet. Some residents hold watch at village entrance
GEORGE TOWN: The deadline for Kampung Buah Pala folks to move out is here and residents plan to handover a memorandum to the police at 10am before going on a hunger strike today.
All is quiet at the village with a few residents keeping vigil at the entrance.
The Kampung Buah Pala villagers will have to vacate their land by Wednesday following the Federal Court’s decision on Aug 20 which rejected the appeal of the 23 families to stay on in the 2.6ha of prime land.
The Federal Court reaffirmed its June 24 decision that the villagers must vacate their homes and hand the property over to the developer by Tuesday.
The developer had failed in its two attempts to demolish the village due to protests by the affected families.
Nusmetro Ventures (P) Sdn Bhd executive director Thomas Chan had said the company would take vacant possession of the land any time after Sept 1.
Star Online
01/09/09
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