Reports on Bandar Mahkota Cheras in The Star (30 May 2008)

Lets pray and hope that the whole Bandar Mahkota Cheras toll-free access road is solved soon.

End to Cheras saga today?
KUALA LUMPUR: A solution is in sight to the Bandar Mahkota Cheras access road issue.

Works Minister Datuk Mohd Zin Mohamed is expected to visit the site today and make an announcement, according to highway concessionaire Grand Saga Sdn Bhd.
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http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/30/nation/21405321&sec=nation

Motion on Cheras issue rejected
THE protest over the Bandar Mahkota Cheras road closure, which left several people injured on Tuesday, reached the Dewan via a motion tabled by an Opposition MP who wanted the matter debated. The Chair rejected it.
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http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/30/parliament/21401400&sec=parliament

Pandikar Amin keeps cool in the midst of heated debates in Parliament
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Too many MPs, he added, were also resorting to the emergency motions under Standing Order 18(1) to ask to debate matters relating to individuals, such as the person who was injured during a commotion in Bandar Mahkota Cheras on Tuesday. Residents there are embroiled in a clash with the highway concessionaire over an access road.
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http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/30/parliament/21402676&sec=parliament

Bandar Mahkota residents take their case to Parliament
KUALA LUMPUR: Some 30 residents of Bandar Mahkota Cheras brought their case to Parliament, wielding banners urging the Works Minister to reopen the access road to the housing area.

They gathered outside the Parliament building with banners which read: “Menteri Kerja Raya, Tolong Rakyat Buka Jalan” (Works Minister, please help the people open the road).
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http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/30/nation/21398134&sec=nation

Syed Hamid refutes allegation on cops
KUALA LUMPUR: There is no way the police would have watched civilians being beaten up by others without taking action, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar.

He said he needed to know more about what happened during the scuffle between Bandar Mahkota Cheras residents and alleged thugs on Tuesday over the closing of a toll-free road in the housing estate
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http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/30/nation/21401742&sec=nation
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