Bukit Botak settlers get three options to end wait
PETALING JAYA: After more than 20 years, 1,422 settlers from the beleaguered Bukit Botak squatter resettlement project have been given three options to end their long wait.
Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim made known the proposals after holding a dialogue with the settlers in Batu Caves yesterday.
One proposal allows the settlers to buy houses at RM99,000 each, provided they stay on in Bukit Botak.
For those who do not want to stay, the units are to be re-sold to the Selangor Development Corporation at RM170,000 each.
Thirdly, if the settlers do not agree to buying the houses, they will be given compensation from the state government. The amount is said to be about RM10,000.
“The most important thing is the proposals address 237 settlers’ problems whose land lots were deemed unfit for development, and another 365 who were not registered as owners despite paying premium for the land,” said Khalid.
The Star highlighted the controversial Bukit Botak squatter resettlement issue on May 8 last year.
It was revealed that of the 1,364 settlers to be allocated with land lots, 81 were below 18 years old.
It was also discovered that grassroots politicians, who were not staying in Bukit Botak, had obtained land lots as well.
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