Kebun-Kebun Bangsar Gets Eviction Notice A Few Weeks After It Was Praised By PM
The Kebun-Kebun Bunga has been served with a final eviction notice by the Federal Territories Land and Mines Office on 23 June.
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While there are some that sympathised with the Kebun-Kebun Bangsar’s plight, there are also those that believed that nobody is above the law and that the community garden should be closed for violating its temporary occupancy licence (TOL) for nursery purposes.
The community garden currently sits on Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) land and is operating under electric pylons.
“Actually there shouldn’t be a problem to operate as long as there is permission and paid the TOL fees to TNB (if I’m not mistaken). The (eviction) letter also stated, (that it is operating) “without legal permission”. There are a lot of nurseries operating under electric pylons in Wangsa Maju but with permission as they have been there for decades,” wrote one Twitter user @HasliAlias.
Sepatutnya xda masalah pun nak buat bawah tu asalkan ada kebenaran dan byr TOL pada TNB (klu x silap). Dalam surat tu pun tertulis, "tanpa kebenaran sah". Kat Wangsa Maju ni banyak je org bukak nursery pokok bawah pencawang tp ada kebenaran lah sbb dah berpuluh tahun disitu.
— Hasli Alias 🇲🇾 (@HasliAlias) June 28, 2022
Another Twitter user @naziaty claimed that Kebun-Kebun Bangsar is not a community project as it’s actually an individual enterprise with two staff maintaining the garden.
She also said that the surrounding residents protested the garden’s operation.
Like I said, the residents around it made complaints. I personally know one person who live there. I would rather cite Happy Mansion Sect 17 PJ garden allotments as truly a community project. Kebun2 Bangsar is an individual enterprise with 2 workers tending the place.
— NaZ (@naziaty) June 29, 2022
Meanwhile, @arayualan suggests for the public to verify the news and understand the real situation before jumping to any conclusion.
Rakyat msia ni cuba jgn jump to conclusion bila ada org kluar post2 yang buat kita nak maki org lain..selidik dulu sebelum percaya..
— rahayu mazlan (@arayualan) June 29, 2022
For activist Hayati Ismail, Kebun-Kebun Bangsar community project should be used as an example by the authorities which can be emulated and carried out at the People’s Housing Project (PPR), to help fight the rise of living costs as well as inflation.
She added that she often brings her children to visit the community garden as it offers a unique experience to visitors.
Hayati also added that there is no issue for the project to remain at the same site since the land is reserved for TNB and under electric pylons.
“I am sure that no house or office can be built there,” she wrote on Facebook.
Gardening enthusiast @leaf_hopper meanwhile chided Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob for an apparent lack of support from the authorities towards Kebun-Kebun Bangsar.
Tertarik no use when there's no support from govt. KKB just got threat from PTG WP to shut down. Previous permission given by TNB. All the funds contributed by community will go to waste. pic.twitter.com/oM5czjxccp
— leafhopper (@leaf_hopper) June 28, 2022
The Twitter user said wrote that there’s no point for Ismail to be in awe of the community project if there is no support from the government.
The community farm, which has caught the attention of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob earlier this month yesterday posted on its Instagram that it has been served with an eviction notice on 23 June.
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