Can acquisition be challenged?

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NSTopinion In January, the residents received another notice from the Land Office informing them again that their properties would be acquired for redevelopment.

In January, the residents received another notice from the Land Office informing them again that their properties would be acquired for redevelopment.

They had also approached Menteri Besar Datuk Dr Sahruddin Jamal and Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to ask them to intervene. They have to bear in mind that the RTS project, linking Bukit Chagar in Johor Batu to Woodlands in Singapore, had been inked by Malaysia and Singapore and is set to operate by 2024.

In the light of the wide scope of section 3, is it still possible for KTP residents to challenge the acquisition on some other grounds?Can it be challenged because there has been no dialogue, no consultation, no engagement by the authorities before the notice of intended acquisition has been served on them?In S. Kulasingam & Anor v Commissioner of Lands Federal Territory [1982]1 MLJ 204, Abdoolcader J. held there is no right to a pre-acquisition hearing under Act 486.

 

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