A dispute lasting more than four decades over a plot of land in Taman Rimba Kiara in Kuala Lumpur has finally reached a resolution. Construction of permanent housing for 98 longhouse families is underway and the disputed development of the plot has been significantly scaled back.
On June 15, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim performed the groundbreaking ceremony for the permanent housing project at the Taman Rimba Kiara carpark in Taman Tun Dr Ismail (TTDI), an event he described as historic. Malaysia’s Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department for Federal Territories Hannah Yeoh, who had championed the issue for the TTDI community as Segambut member of parliament (MP), said the 44-year wait by the Bukit Kiara longhouse community had finally entered its resolution phase.
