A group of fire victims from Sentul were moved out of their temporary shelter at Pusat Komuniti Taman Ibukota today and now have nowhere to go, Batu MP Tian Chua said.

Tian Chua told Malaysiakini that Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) officers told the victims from 36 houses in Sentul that were destroyed in fires on Aug 8 and Aug 10 to move out as the community hall had been booked for an event tomorrow.

Despite initial objections from the families stationed there, the fire victims have reluctantly agreed to move out.

NONE A handful of them took up an offer from DBKL and the Federal Territories and Urban Well-being Ministry to be placed at the People's Housing Programme (PPR) flats in Bukit Jalil.

"Some families have accepted the offer to go to Bukit Jalil, while some 20 families are still lingering around, not knowing where to go. I am trying to figure out where to place them," Tian Chua, who is the MP for the constituency where the fire occurred, said.

He said the DBKL officers had moved the belongings of the families out of the community hall and have told them that the offer to move to the low-cost flats in Bukit Jalil was a "take it or leave it" offer.

"But they don't want to go to Bukit Jalil. They live in the Batu area, and school reopens next week and they need resume their normal lives," said Tian Chua, who is currently with the families, outside the hall.

Victims upset by minister's remark

The fire broke out in Kampung Chubadak and Kampung Puah Bahagia in Sentul earlier this month, destroying some 50 houses and leaving 300 people homeless.

Another group of victims has been placed at the Sentul Perdana community centre.

Tian Chua also said that the victims have been upset since a visit by Federal Territories Minister Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor this morning.

According to him, although Tengku Adnan handed RM800 to each family during his visit, the minister also told the victims that the aid was not an obligation for the federal government because the victims came from a constituency that is under the opposition.

"The people are quite upset because Tengku Adnan said the government didn't have to give the aid anyway, because the area is under the opposition," added Tian Chua, who is a PKR vice-president.