Vice-president of Yee Lan Sheng Hui (YLSH) Association Veh Chai Hong denied allegations that the association was planning to build a temple on a plot of contested land, which sparked protests by some 300 villagers in the Malay-majority area.

NONE“We are not. We will just have a hall and a office over there,” he said, referring to a statement made by protesters that building religious-based premises was unsuitable in the area.

Veh said the application to build a hall on the plot of land was approved by Majlis Perbandaran Selayang (MPS) on May 11.

“So we started putting up signboards two weeks ago.”

It was only then the association found that the firm Dynasty Symphony Sdn Bhd had also laid claim to the same plot.

A group of some 20 individuals, some wearing Malay rights group Perkasa's T-shirts, tore down the signboard put up by the association’s developer, and attacked MPS councillor Allan Lim Ching How when he attempted to intervene.

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