Over the last few weeks, the Petaling Jaya Municipal Council (MPPJ) has been holding numerous briefings seeking public feedback on its PJ1 draft local plan  a proposal for development and redevelopment in the Bukit Gasing and Damansara Utama constituencies.

Top MPPJ officials and state assemblypersons are trying their best to convince PJ residents that they have nothing to worry about and that their land is 200 percent safe.

But the residents may not have realised how close their fears are to the truth of eventually losing their land through compulsory acquisition for development.