YB. R.S.N RAYER - A.D.U.N. SERI DELIMA, PENANG

GEORGE TOWN: Residents living at Kampung Buah Pala, an Indian village in
Bukit Gelugor here, are entitled to live there as the land had not been
lawfully transferred to a co-operative, said Bukit Gelugor MP Karpal Singh.
He said the land on which 350 residents lived was still a subject matter of
a housing trust created in 1953.
"The co-operative cannot be the owner of the land. The registration of land
ownership does not make them the lawful owner," Karpal said at a press
conference at the village yesterday.

Present were Seri Delima assemblyman R.S.N. Rayer and Batu Uban assemblyman
S. Raveentharan.

Citing the incident on Thursday where the developer attempted to evict the
families from their houses, Karpal said the developer could only do so with
a court order.
"What it did on Thursday amounts to criminal intimidation and I urge the
police to study the report that we have lodged."
He also hoped the police would not be a part of attempts to evict the
villagers as "they had no business or court order to do so".