KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 31 — MRT Corporation has lashed out against “unfair” reports of its alleged high-handedness in resolving the Klang Valley MRT land row, complaining that much of its efforts to please city traders and landowners here have been met with hostility.Its chief executive officer Datuk Azhar Abdul Hamid said he has been facing heat from both parties — the government and the owners — and “bending over backwards” to strike workable agreements that would result in an amicable end to the dispute.
File photo of Chinatown traders and owners protesting against the MRT alignment.
He said he had first pleaded with the government, and even Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, for extra time to court the traders and landowners, particularly those from the iconic Chinatown street who are lobbying for a realignment of the multibillion ringgit rail line.
But despite the efforts, Azhar admitted talks with both Jalan Bukit Bintang and Jalan Sultan (Chinatown) traders are close to reaching a deadlock, leaving him little choice but to back out from the row and allow the group to take on the government on their own.
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