Letter to MB & ADUN

Date : 21st December 2008 (SUNDAY)
TO :
- YAB Tan Sri Abdul Khalid bin Ibrahim
Menteri Besar Selangor D.E.
- YB Encik Azmin Ali
ADUN Bukit Antarabangsa

YAB Tan Sri Khalid & YB En. Azmin,

Concerns by Evacuated Residents of BA
With reference to the Kenyataan Media Polis Diraja Malaysia on 20th December 2008, we, the representatives of the evacuated residents of Bukit Antarabangsa respectfully request that YAB Tan Sri Khalid and ADUN YB Encik Azmin Ali to look into concerns listed below:-

1. Can we assume that we can move back before or by the duration provided by the Kenyataan Media Polis Diraja Malaysia on 20th December 2008, for each of the six areas affected by the landslide so that we can plan our lives to move in no later than the respective dates given.

...1.1 Jln Bukit Antarabangsa

.........– House no. 6 to 21

.........(within ONE month)*
...1.2 Jln Bukit Mewah 2

.........– House no. 1 to 4, 12, 12A, 28, 29, 39, 40

.........(within ONE month)*
...1.3 Jln Wangsa 11

.........– House no. 78, 80, 82

.........(within ONE month)*
...1.4 Kondominium Impian Selatan

.........– Block B1

.........(within ONE month)*
...1.5 Jln BJ 6A, Tmn Bkt Jaya

.........– House no. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16

.........(at least THREE months)*
...1.6 Jln Wangsa 9

.........– House no. 1 to 47

.........(at least THREE months)*

...1.7 Jln Bukit Mewah 1
.........– House no. 1 to 7
.........(unsafe)

...1.6 Jln Bkt Antarabangsa, Jln Bkt Mewah 1

.........& Jln Bkt Mewah 2
.........– Total 14 houses vanished

*From 1.1 to 1.4 : Residents can return home latest by or before 20th Jan. 2009
*From 1.5 to 1.6 : Residents can return home latest by or before?

If for any unfortunate situation, the deadlines cannot be met, what are the supports or aid that you are committed to offer us during that period of uncertainty?

2. How can we be assured that concentrated effort is being made to expedite the rectification work to alleviate prolonging our stay away from our homes?

3. Could you inform us what are the proactive measures that you have initiated to alleviate sufferings including but not limited to:

...3.1 Outstanding loan, waiver of interest and deferment of loan repayments
...3.2 Displacement and relocation cost effective 6th December 2008 until further notice

4. During these periods that we have vacated our homes, what measures will you implement to ensure the safety, security and integrity of our properties?

5. If these measures are taken, how can we be sure that they are ongoing during the entire period of our displacement? E.g. Wangsa 9 and Jalan BJ 6A, Taman Bukit Jaya, only authorized personnels and owners are allowed to go in.

6. We would like to request the state government to provide each evacuated resident a letter certifying the effective date of the evacuation as a direct consequence of the landslide that all services should be suspended effective 6th December 2008 until further notice.

7. We would like to have the assurance that the JKR communication center is in full operation on weekly if not daily basis to update the residents until every resident has been fully resettled.

8. Notwithstanding the fact that we would insist on having a copy of full report (meeting with the YAB on 14th December 2008 requested for the reports as on item no. 3) of this investigation, what are your remedial actions, rectification plans and preventive measures for the entire Bukit Antarabangsa to ensure the long term safety and livability of residents here?

We have been neglected long enough to the extent that this disaster had taken place, we now plead to your good office to put things right for all the residents of Bukit Antarabangsa.

We thank you.

The Action Committee
Bukit Antarabangsa Residents

Prepared & summarized by

YenHee & Tuan Syed Fadzil