Wong: MPSJ tasked to find alternative location for Rohingya school

SERDANG: The Selangor state government has tasked Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) to search for an alternative site for a temporary Rohingya school which was partially demolished recently along with an illegal driving school operating on government land.
"(The) State had halted the demolition of the room which the 37 Rohingya (students) use as their temporary school two weeks ago, and MPSJ has been tasked to look for alternative sites.
"However, the other illegal structures are not exempted.
"There is no need for them (the school operator) to appeal," Tourism, Environment, Green Technology and Consumer Affairs exco Elizabeth Wong (pix) told theSun today.
Wong was responding to a claim that the school was demolished and that the students had nowhere to go.
Earlier, non-governmental organisation (NGO) Brotherhood Beyond Borders chairman Raja Ahmad Iskandar Raja Yaacob said the school, which was built on a three-acre state land, was initially sponsored by the driving school operator five years ago as a gesture of goodwill to ensure the Rohingya children receive an education, said.
He presented a document to the press issued by the Petaling Land Office dated March 14 stating that under Section 425 of the Land Code 1965 the authorities will take action any time after the notice is served.
He also showed a letter from the Land Office issued on Dec 29 last year informing the occupants to evacuate or knock down the building structure within 14 days from the date mentioned.
The structure was demolished to allow for a flood mitigation project.
Raja Ahmad Iskandar expressed delight with the state government's decision and hoped the alternative site for the school will be selected with the student's ease in getting to classes in mind.