The Kuala Lumpur High Court today dismissed an appeal by 23 residents of Kampung Sungai Baru seeking to postpone the enforcement of a vacant possession order for their terrace houses, clearing the way for further redevelopment of the site.
High Court Judge Su Tiang Joo ruled against the residents in chambers, awarding RM10,000 in costs, according to their legal counsel, Datuk Rosal Azimin Ahmad.
Speaking outside the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex, Rosal Azimin said the court found that enforcement of the vacant possession order had already taken place.
“However, we have been given permission to write to the developer’s lawyers to request access for our clients to retrieve belongings still inside the homes,” he said.
He added that the residents intend to file an appeal within the legally allowed 30-day period.
The appeal was filed against a prior decision by Senior Assistant Registrar Qasiratul Jannah Usmani Othman, who had dismissed the residents’ application to suspend the execution of the vacant possession writ issued on 4 June and enforced on 15 July.
The residents named KL City Getaway, the private developer behind the urban redevelopment project, as the respondent in the appeal.
On 15 September, enforcement authorities including the police carried out the vacant possession writ on 26 individual land titles encompassing 37 terrace house units in the Kampung Sungai Baru area.
The court-sanctioned eviction followed a protracted legal process amid long-standing disputes over compensation and relocation involving the government-backed redevelopment of the urban Malay enclave located near the Kuala Lumpur city centre. - October 3, 2025
