Negeri Sembilan to intercede in Taman Desa Duranta land ownership issue

SEREMBAN (Feb 10): The Negeri Sembilan government is stepping in to help the home owners in Taman Desa Duranta, Senawang, whose lives have been thrown into disarray by land ownership issues.

Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan said the state government was aware of the problem and would attempt to work out the best solution for the land owner and home owners.

“It is a private project, it is complicated but we will see what can be done,” he said today.

“Their (home owner's) situation is sad and we hope to work out a win-win solution for all parties.

Mohamad agreed that fraud had occurred at some point during the process the land was acquired by the developer and sold to the house buyers.

“Some form of fraud has happened,” he said, adding that the state government would be looking into the matter.

In August last year, The Malaysian Insider reported that home owners in Taman Desa Duranta, who were mostly teachers, had been told by the landowner to vacate the houses that they had bought seven years ago.

The home owners, who were 17 in total, had then realised that there were discrepancies in the sale and purchase agreement that they had signed with the developer.

The notice to vacate had come from the landowner, whose name was not on the agreement. The land owner, however, had given them the option of purchasing the land if they wished to remain.

The house owners, who were already paying off the housing loan for their homes, had baulked at taking out another loan for the purchase.

With nowhere to go, the owners had appealed to the state government to intervene and help resolve the problem.

It was also reported that the State Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Committee chairman Datuk Jalaluddin Alias had also promised to have the committee and state government act as the mediator between the landowner and house owners to come up with a win-win solution.

“We will try to arrange for the house owners to pay a lower sum to continue living there.”

He added that a fault in the system had allowed such an error to occur.

“What has happened is definitely illegal, but now we must look at what can be done to help the families,” he said.

He reminded the public to be careful when buying a home and to always read the fine print. -- The Malaysian Insider

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