Yeoh: Why approve affordable homes in flood prone areas?

Segambut MP Hannah Yeoh today said low-income earners in Kuala Lumpur should not be put at risk of being flood victims through any proposed housing development on land originally marked as retention ponds.

Specifically, Yeoh cited proposed affordable housing projects at the Batu and Batu 4 1/2 retention ponds, two out of six sites identified in the Auditor-General's Report 2019 Series 2 last September as having been alienated for other developments.

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