KUALA LUMPUR: Activists involved in the Kampung Hakka issue have lodged a report with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission to investigate the transfer of state-owned land to developer Mega 9 Development Sdn Bhd.

The activists met with officers at the MACC’s Kuala Lumpur office to call for the graft-busting body to investigate the Nilai Municipal Council (MPN), which was the previous owner of the land, Mega 9 and the police for alleged collusion with the developer.

“We have also asked for the project to be halted until investigations are over, which the MACC officer had agreed to,” said Jaringan Rakyat Tertindas (Jerit) coordinator R. Vijay Gandi .

“We have checked with the Companies Commission of Malaysia and found that the company’s finances are in the negative,” said Gandi.

“How could the state government and MPN give its land to a company with such poor financial standing?” he added.

Seremban Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) secretary S. Tinagaran said the group has also lodged complaints with federal police and the Housing and Local Government Ministry, but nothing has been forthcoming so far.

Residents of Kg Hakka in Mantin, whose families have been living in the area for generations, have been directed to vacate their homes following development plans by Mega 9.

On Oct 31, six houses and a community hall in Phase 1 of the residential area were demolished by the developer with the help of police.

However, residents managed to obtain a stay of execution on the demolition order from the Court of Appeal at the eleventh hour, saving the remaining 92 homes.

Mega 9 representatives recently attempted to cordon off the area for their development project, breaching the court order which had stipulated the area should be maintained in its “original state”.

This article first appeared in The Edge Financial Daily, on December 20, 2013.