Selangor State EXCO member in charge of Planation workers warns estate owners not to treat estate workers as sucked oranges. In responding ex-estate workers issues involving Tumbuk estate, Dr Xavier Jayakumar stated in his press statement that Selangor State Government seeks an equitable solution for ex- estate workers of Tumbuk estate previously owned by the MIC’s investment arm Maika Holdings Bhd. His press statement is reproduced below.
“The jurisdiction to control the transfer of estate land rests with the Estate Land Board (ELB) in accordance with S 214A of the National Land Code. As per S 214A (5) the ELB can refuse or cancel an approval if any representation is false or incorrect or if it appears that the approval is not be in the public interest.
Maika Holdings, the previous owner of the Tumbuk estate, had promised to build alternative housing for the ex-estate workers in 2006. In 2010 Maika Holdings Bhd was taken over by G Team Resources & Holding Sdn Bhd lead by Tan Sri Gnanalingam. Since then, the SSG has received representation from the ex-estate workers for housing and land for relocation of a temple and Tamil school.
“The jurisdiction to control the transfer of estate land rests with the Estate Land Board (ELB) in accordance with S 214A of the National Land Code. As per S 214A (5) the ELB can refuse or cancel an approval if any representation is false or incorrect or if it appears that the approval is not be in the public interest.
Maika Holdings, the previous owner of the Tumbuk estate, had promised to build alternative housing for the ex-estate workers in 2006. In 2010 Maika Holdings Bhd was taken over by G Team Resources & Holding Sdn Bhd lead by Tan Sri Gnanalingam. Since then, the SSG has received representation from the ex-estate workers for housing and land for relocation of a temple and Tamil school.
