High Court allows MRT Corp to be intervenor in Ampang Park Mall case

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here today allowed Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd (MRT) to intervene as it has direct interest in a judicial review brought by Ampang Park Shopping Centre lot owners, in relation to land acquisition for an MRT project.
High Court (Appellate and Special Powers) judge Datuk Hanipah Farikullah allowed the application in her chambers today.
Senior Federal Counsel Nik Haizie Azlin Nabidin said leave application is set to be heard on June 30.
The 39 registered strata title owners of the centre named the Federal Territory Ministries, Director-General of Land and Mines (Kuala Lumpur) and Land Administrator of Wilayah Persekutuan as respondents.
In the application, they sought for a declaration that the approval of the authorities in relation to the land acquisition for the MRT project from Sungai Buloh-Serdang-Putrajaya (SSP line) is illegal.
They sought for an order to quash the approval and any subsequent land acquisition proceedings and an interim order to stay the on-going land acquiring proceedings.
The SSP line is to run underneath the surface of the shopping complex land.
The shopping complex, which has been in operation since the 1970's, is the first shopping complex in Malaysia.