Ex-estate workers win respite from demolition

Federal Territories and Urban Well-Being Minister Raja Nong Chik Raja Zainal Abidin has rescinded the demolition order for Bukit Jalil Estate - the last standing plantation estate in Kuala Lumpur.

His deputy, M Saravanan, told the ex-estate workers of the minister's decision at a meeting this morning.

"The Federal Territories Ministry, Human Resources Ministry, National Union of Plantation Workers and the Housing Committee of DBKL (city hall) will be sitting together to find out exactly what these former estate workers are entitled to," he said.

"For now, the demolition order has been cancelled."

Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur has ordered the former estate workers who have been living on the land to vacate their homes as the land has been earmarked for a modern cemetery and
a crematorium.