4 developers fined between RM2,000
and RM50,000
The Sun 26/12/2005
SHAH ALAM: Four developers of Sections U10 and U11, near the Bukit Cahaya
Seri Alam Agriculture Park, were fined between RM2,000 and RM50,000 by the
Sessions Court today.
They had pleaded guilty to breaching the conditions set out by the
authorities when carrying out land development on the sites. They
requested for a lenient sentence and promised not to repeat the offences.
Judge Suraya Othman imposed a RM50,000 fine each on Ecoasli Development
Sdn Bhd and Lebar Daun Development Sdn Bhd, a RM30,000 fine on Tetuan
Tudong Emas (M) Sdn Bhd and a RM2,000 fine on Tengku Shahrudin Sdn Bhd.
She said the penalty should be seen as a lesson by them to respect the law
and not be complacent by believing that the authorities would not take
action if they failed to abide by the conditions or laws.
The developers should repent after being fined because the court did not
commit their directors to jail, she said.
Ecoasli and Lebar Daun were charged under Section 34A(7) of the
Environment Quality Act 1974 which carries a maximum jail term of
RM100,000 or five years' jail, or both.
Ecoasli was accused of breaching the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA)
approval conditions dated May 17, 2000 and failing to submit the
Environment Management Plan to the Department of the Environment (DOE) and
put out a copy of the EIA report for public viewing.
The offences were committed in December last year. Ecoasli was represented
in court by its director, Zakaria Yaakob.
Lebar Daun was accused as Ecoasli's accomplice. The firm was represented
by its director, Noor Azhar Mohd Nordin.
Tudong Emas was charged with carrying out land development works without
approval as required by Section 70A(1) of the Street, Drainage and
Building Act 1974 between June 2004 and Feb this year.
The offence, under Section 70A(9) of the Act, provides for a maximum fine
of RM50,000 or five years' jail, or both. Tudong Emas was represented by
Abdul Aziz Salleh and counsel AdnanRahim.
Tengku Shahrudin was charged with breaching the land works
conditionsspecified under Section 14(b) of the Land Works By-Laws (Shah
Alam City Council) 1990 between June 2004 and Feb this year.
Offences under Section 18(b) of the by-laws carry a maximum fine of
RM2,000. The company was represented by its director, Gan Boon Kat, and
counsel Chong Choh Yoon.
The prosecution was conducted by Deputy Public Prosecutor Salehuddin
Saidin, assisted by Nurhuda Salam of the DOE and Surya Wati Shawal and
Sofian Abdul Rahman of the Shah Alam City Council.
Salehuddin said developers had of late often carried out development
projects without taking into consideration the environment until the media
highlighted the problem.
Meanwhile another developer, Sin Heap Lee Development Sdn Bhd, represented
by its director Au Lai Koong, pleaded not guilty to the chargeof not
following the EIA approval conditions.
Judge Suraya set June 13 for mention of the case.
On March 11, three other developers of the area, Selangor State
Development Corporation, Restu Mantap Sdn Bhd and Dacing Kota Sdn Bhd,
were fined RM330,000, RM250,000 and RM230,000 respectively by the same
court after they pleaded guilty to developing land without approval. |
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