BY M. MAGESWARI
Ampang Park Shopping Centre in Kuala Lumpur.
KUALA LUMPUR: Some 62 registered strata title owners of Ampang Park Shopping Centre are applying to the High Court to get technical drawings and specifications from Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd (MRT Corp) and two others to ascertain safety issues related to the construction of the MRT Line 2 project.
The applicants' lawyer Jason Ng Kau said his clients are claiming that there is no necessity to demolish the shopping centre over safety issues as contended by MRT Corp, as they believe there are none.
Ng said High Court (Appellate and Special Powers) judge Justice Hanipah Farikullah has set June 29 for parties to file submissions for discovery, and June 30 to hear the application itself.
Senior Federal Counsel Shamsul Bolhassan who appeared for the Federal Territory Land and Mines director as well as Federal Territory Land Administrator, said they would support the objection by MRT Corp for denying access to the documents as they were "confidential."
A High Court in April allowed MRT Corp to be a party in the judicial review proceedings by some 62 registered strata title owners of Ampang Park Shopping Centre to stay the ongoing land acquisition bid for the MRT project.
The strata title owners claimed that it was the first shopping centre in Malaysia, which need to be protected because of its "historical value".
They obtained leave on Jan 20 to initiate judicial review proceedings to protect the shopping centre.
