KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 30: Wearing orange t-shirts, some 300 house buyers who felt cheated by the developers gathered at Housing and Local Government ministry yesterday to urge action against two developers including the notorious Talam Corporation.
TIME FOR ACTION ... The house buyers want action against the developers
The house buyers, led by Mohd Akram Mohd Akhbar, handed over two memorandums urging its minister Chor Chee Heung to help solve their problems.
They are part of hundreds of others who still pay installments for the non-existent houses promised by Talam in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur, as well as by Capital Lane Sdn Bhd.
The house buyers however left disappointed after neither the minister nor his deputy received their memorandums, which were instead handed over to an officer.
“Some of us have been waiting for eight years for our houses to be completed and the money has to be paid monthly.
"But until now, the project is still abandoned, when we ask for the reason, the developers say they have financial problems,” said Akram, adding that those affected had been "very patient".
“We decided to assemble peacefully to send the memorandums to plead the government to intervene and help us."
ABANDONED ... The Casa Gemilang project by Capital Lane in Gombak
Another spokesman Jaafar Ismail representing those shortchanged by Capital Lane Sdn Bhd in the Casa Gemilang project in Gombak urged the government to take action on the developers.
“The developers tried to cheat us by preparing an agreement that did not favour us and was only meant to benefit them
"We hope the government will take this seriously and solve it as soon as possible because we have wasted too long waiting for our houses," he added.
Jaafar said thousands of house buyers in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur had parted with millions of dollars in the hope of owning homes, only to be disappointed by the developers' failure.
Talam, responsible for at least eight abandoned housing projects around Kuala Lumpur and Selangor, has often been targeted by disgruntled house buyers although the government has so far not taken any action against the company.
A check on the internet showed that the board of directors of Talam (left), who has its headquarters in Menara Maxisegar, Pandan Indah, consists of Chan Ah Chye, Tsen Keng Yam, Kamaruddin Mat Desa, Chua Kim Lan, Loy Boon Chen and Ng Bee Ken.
According to Talam's website, Chan Ah Chye, a Tan Sri (top left in pic), is also the Executive Director of Kumpulan Europlus, a company which among others developed the West-Coast Expressway Project.
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