S'gor degazetting Bukit Cerakah forest reserve to avoid lawsuit

The Selangor state government will carry out the degazettement of the Bukit Cerakah Forest Reserve to avoid the risk of legal action by companies with interests in the property.

Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari (above) said they will continue with the gazettement notice to complete the degazettement process that was halted around 2006.

“If the government does not go through with it, it will be faced with a lawsuit as those companies will lose their business opportunities approved by the former state executive council,” he said.

He was speaking to the media after attending the Yayasan Selangor Education Synergy 2022 programme in Shah Alam today.

Any state subsidiary that has interest in the property, Amirudin said, will be asked not to continue with their development unless it involves public interest such as constructing roads or cemeteries.

“But if it involves private companies, we can’t do anything because it was a decision by the previous government.

“We don’t have any avenue except to be prepared to pay compensation,” he said following a report by a local daily that parts of the forest reserve were degazetted 22 times since 1924.

On the proposed alignment of the Mass Rapid Transit 3 (MRT3) project that will allegedly affect 90 houses in Taman Kencana, Ampang, Amirudin said the matter will be brought to the state government’s Economic Action Council.

“The matter needs to be discussed with the state government because the alignment needs to be determined by the state government beforehand as it involves land appropriation.

“I am sure the matter will be brought to the Economic Action Council for us to consider the alignment and its impact and problems,” he added.

- Bernama

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