Even though the residents of the Taman Permata Dengkil flats recently got allocated 40 acres of land by the Selangor government for terrace house development, N Kumaran said their lives were destroyed when they were forced out of their estates in what is now Putrajaya.

"Our lives were destroyed for the convenience and luxury of Putrajaya," Kumaran, who is the Taman Permata Dengkil flats committee secretary, said at a forum titled 'Cerita Perjuangan: I Fought The Law' in Petaling Jaya today.