She said it is ironic that this is happening when the State has called on the developers to build more low cost units for the low income group.

She said this when commenting on two blocks of 60 units of low cost flats in Taman Berlian, Sungai Jelok, Kajang, that have been left idle for more than five years.

The flats which used to be rented out as hostels for foreign workers were left empty and they became homes for drug addicts.

The junkies also damaged facilities inside the flats, stripping electricity wires to get copper coil, breaking staircase handrails to be sold as scrap, as well as stealing other things inside the flats.

Alinah said the problems came about because some of the flat units were sold to people who do not want to stay but bought it for investment.

'As the units used to be sold at RM25,000 in the early days some of the owners just left their properties empty," said Alinah, who was present at the launching of the cleanliness campaign organised by the Selangor Housing and Property Board at Taman Kajang Utama low-cost flats recently.

Also present at the launching was Ooi Hock Lai the assistant mananger of MRCB Selborn Corporation Sdn Bhd. developer of Taman Kajang Utama.