COMMENT | Kg Papan issue: Dear PM, silence amounts to complicity

COMMENT | Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, I write to you with deep concern and an even deeper sense of duty because the situation in Kampung Papan in Pandamaran, Klang, has reached a point where silence amounts to complicity.

I have been involved in negotiations on this issue for more than a decade, from discussions with the then-menteri besar Khalid Ibrahim to more recent engagements with Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari.

At every stage, the state government agreed that the urban settlers of Kampung Papan were entitled to purchase double-storey terrace homes valued at RM99,000 each, an agreement that was clearly documented, signed, and repeatedly affirmed.

These records exist, and they tell a simple truth: the residents are not squatters; they are beneficiaries of a commitment made by the Selangor state.

Yet today, these same residents are being...