I'm touched with events unfolding in Bandar Mahkota Cheras. How people are robbed by toll concessionaires in broad daylight. Instead a nice drive through a developer built access road , they are now forced to go 6km kilometers detour pay RM0.90 toll to go to KL.
The following is an excerpt from a post by fellow reader in Malaysia Today (written by middlepath, May 09, 2008 23:03:32), regarding the events and rakyat fracas with FRU in trying to prevent Grand Saga(with police backing) to reinstate the blockage on the access road to the highway;
Dear Friends,
I am seeking your awareness and support on the Bandar Mahkota Cheras free access road, which was illegally barricaded by the Grand Saga toll concessionaire in October 2005.
This Mahkota Cheras free access road was built by the developer during the construction of the Sg Long and Bandar Mahkota Cheras townships.
When Grand Saga toll concessionaire built the Cheras highway, they blocked off this existing access road, with the support of the Barisan Nasional BN government, to force the people into paying a 60 cent toll for the concessionaire to make money. This toll was then increased to 90 cents, increasing the people's burden even further in the midst of economic downturn.
Pakatan Rakyat, the Opposition Coalition comprising DAP, PKR and PAS, in the 12th General Election, promised that if they won the Selangor State Government, the road will be opened for public use. Promptly keeping true to their promises, within one month after their victory, the road was opened for use on 21 April 2008, amid protests by the toll concessionaire and threats of arrests from the police.
Upon further checking, it has been confirmed that the road is under the State (Selangor) government jurisdiction, and the road itself belongs to the developer, therefore Grand Saga has no right to block this road.
On 7 May 2008, another historic day in Malaysia, the Royal Malaysian Police (Polis DiRaja Malaysia) once again proves their loyalty to the BN Federal Government and the toll concessionaire by launching an offensive against the Rakyat to allow Grand Saga to block the access road once more using one ton concrete blocks, barely two weeks after it was opened by the Selangor State Government. Within one hour after they reblocked the road, the Rakyat stood UNITED and by hand, they managed to remove the concrete blocks.
Yesterday, 8 May 2008, in another BLACK DAY for Malaysians, when FRU and police sealed off the area and allowed Grand Saga to destroy the road by digging a 2 feet wide by 1 feet deep trench, thereby preventing any vehicle from accessing it.
Between 10.30pm to 11.30pm, MP Segambut Lim Lip Eng (DAP) was assaulted by police and FRU personnel for trying to stop them from firing tear gas and chemical-laced water cannon at the Rakyat.
You can see the videos at http://www.youtube.com by searching for mahkota cheras , or you can view my videos at http://www.youtube.com/leongcp
Power to the Rakyat! Makkal Sakthi
ALEX
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