PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has dismissed the judicial review application filed by 39 strata owners and tenants of the Ampang Park Shopping Centre seeking to challenge the land acquisition for the Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Ampang Park station. On June 30, the High Court dismissed the judicial review application filed by the appellants after finding that the approval given by the Federal Territories Land and Mines director (first respondent) and the Federal Territories land administrator (second respondent) for the land acquisition was made lawfully. The Court also agreed with the submission by MRT Corp, the third respondent, that the objective of the land acquisition was for safety. He ordered the strata owners and tenants pay RM30,000 in costs to the first and second respondents and RM40,000 to the third respondent. Senior federal counsel Shamsul Bolhassan represented the Federal Territories Land and Mines director and land administrator.

Source: The Star January 18, 2017 06:09 UTC