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Published: Sunday July 5, 2009 MYT 2:02:00 PM

Guan Eng to write to PM on Kampung Buah Pala issue

By MANJIT KAUR


PENANG: Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng will write a letter to the Prime Minister requesting for the Federal Government to consider paying the cost in acquiring the land at Kampung Buah Pala.

“I am in the process of writing a letter not only to (former chief minister) Koh Tsu Koon but also to PM,” he told reporters on Sunday after meeting former Internal Security Act detainee V.S Ganapathi Rao over the issue. .

“I hope the Federal Government can consider paying for the cost of the land under the Land Act.”

Lim added that the state government could not afford to pay for the land acquisition cost.

He said he was surprised that certain parties kept on harping on the issue but they had never asked the previous state government on why the prime land was sold at a cheap price.

Lim added the residents were never consulted over the sale of the land.

At another function, deputy minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk T. Murugiah said that the Kampung Buah Pala residents were in the process of sending a memorandum to him.

“We will see how the Federal Government can help them. Earlier, the Federal Government did not interfere because the state administration was under Pakatan,” he said.

“We will also try to speak the CM how we can help to resolve the issue.”

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