KL residents seek town hall meet with Shahidan over flood mitigation plan
A group of Kuala Lumpur residents, who are suing the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) and Federal Territories Minister Shahidan Kassim over their alleged lack of details on flood mitigation plans for the city, today said they are ready to have a town hall meeting with the minister.
This came after Shahidan said he was open to having a dialogue and prepared to give a detailed explanation about the authorities' flood mitigation measures for Kuala Lumpur.
"We refer to your statement...
A group of Kuala Lumpur residents, who are suing the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) and Federal Territories Minister Shahidan Kassim over their alleged lack of details on flood mitigation plans for the city, today said they are ready to have a town hall meeting with the minister.
This came after Shahidan said he was open to having a dialogue and prepared to give a detailed explanation about the authorities' flood mitigation measures for Kuala Lumpur.
"We refer to your statement to the press two days ago (Sept 25) that you are ready to have a dialogue with our clients regarding this issue.
"In this regard, we are ready to organise a town hall meeting in the next one to two weeks between our clients, as well as other Kuala Lumpur residents, and yourself.
"This would provide an avenue for both parties to have a two-way discussion on the information we have requested in our letter dated Sept 19, 2022, as well as other flood mitigation measures," said lawyer Lim Wei Jiet in a statement this morning.
Lim is representing the group of eight Kuala Lumpur residents who are suing DBKL and Shahidan. The group is led by veteran lawyer Ambiga Sreenevasan.
They filed the lawsuit recently over an "inadequate response" to a letter of demand asking the authorities to reveal their flood mitigation plans for the capital during the monsoon season.
Following this, Shahidan reportedly told reporters yesterday that he was ready to meet with the residents to explain the plan to them, but said if the group still wants to sue him for the publicity they are free to do so.
In response, Lim denied that his clients were seeking publicity over their actions.
"Only with information can public policies be scrutinised and improved, which in turn will reduce the impact of the coming year-end floods on millions of Kuala Lumpur residents," he said in the same statement this morning.
