質疑銀行允第二發展商接手‧遭擱置公寓業主報反貪局

（吉隆坡）燕美路某擱置公寓行動委員會成員在行動黨武吉免登國會議員方貴倫的陪同下，前往聯邦直轄區反貪污局投報，要求反貪局徹查為何銀行批准財政背景不強的第二個發展商，向購屋者收取10%的首期。

方貴倫表示，行動委員會成員於今日（週四，11月27日）進行投報，主要是質疑為何銀行會允許財政背景不強的第二個發展商接手工程，并向逾200名新的購屋者收取10%首期。第二個發展商在2002年至2004年之間接手工程，但之後卻失蹤了。據瞭解，該公寓共有20%至30%的外國購屋者。

他說，反貪污局接受了行動委員會成員的投報，並建議行動委員會成員前往警局商業罪案調查組報案。基於此，委員會成員將在較後直接前往警局報案。

“除了向警方報案，我也將於下個星期陪同行動委員會成員前往財政部，向財政部反映此事，以及瞭解銀行方面的做法。”

他表示，銀行應該退回100%的首期，并加上過去幾年來的利息給購屋者，而不是退回首期的10%而已。他將繼續為購屋者爭取權益，並在國會上向財政部施壓，要求正視此問題。

同時，來自沙地阿拉伯的購屋者哈登巴漢登表示，他在4年前購買該公寓的其中一個單位，繳付了6萬令吉首期。

他說，此次事件的發展令他失望，也不明所以。他認為，吉隆坡市政局應該插手瞭解事情的始末，切勿因此影響了外國人對吉隆坡的印象觀感。

光明日報‧2008.11.27

Buyers form committee to get back money

KUALA LUMPUR: Buyers of the abandoned CN Gallery and Nas Pavillion projects in Jalan Imbi have decided to form an action committee to get back their deposit money.

The decision was made at a meeting attended by some of the buyers and Bukit Bintang MP Fong Kui Lun and Segambut MP Lim Lip Eng in Pudu on Saturday.It was also proposed that the buyers lodge a report with the anti corruption agency on the abandoned projects.Fong said: "The action committee will seek the help of the finance ministry."

He said he raised the issue of the abandoned Nas Pavillion project in parliament on Oct 22.Fong said about 30 per cent of the buyers were from countries such as Japan, Singapore, Australia, Indonesia and the Middle East."The abandoned project has tarnished the image of the country and it is only proper that the government helps those affected to get back their money," he added.Nas Pavillion was launched in 2004 to revive the abandoned CN Gallery commercial project which started 10 years ago.

There were 400 buyers in the initial project and 200 in the subsequent one which was also abandoned.Fong said purchasers of units in the CN Gallery project had received 24.6 per cent of their deposit while the bank which held the mortgage for Nas Pavillion was willing to pay back 10 per cent of the purchasers' deposit."The full amount of the deposit paid by the buyers plus interest should be paid to them. When the CN Gallery project was started, land cost in the Bukit Bintang area was RM200 to RM300 per sq foot.Now, in the Golden Triangle where the site is located, land prices are between RM1,500 and RM2,000 per sq foot.

"So, if the bank sells the land, they can receive much more and therefore should be paying the deposit and interest to the buyers in full,".Fong pointed out that in his reply in parliament to Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Zulhasnan Rafique, he had said that the government did not have a mechanism or special power to ensure that private developers complete their abandoned projects.

"If innocent buyers of abandoned projects are to be helped, then amendments are needed to the housing act."Lim said buyers of abandoned projects were always on the losing end."Our laws do not protect property buyers adequately. We need to come up with reforms to the housing act to safeguard the interests of buyers," Lim reiterated.

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