Parliamentarians in Kuala Lumpur have taken the federal territories minister to task for making much hurrah about a cosmetic change to property assessment rates, which fell far short of answering protests from angry residents.

The "flip-flop policies" of Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor and the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL), they said, proved how insensitive they were to the people's suffering.