TOL holders cannot expect payoff, says MB

SEREMBAN: People living on temporary occupation licence (TOL) land should not expect to be paid compensation when they are relocated because the state government owns the land, said Negri Sembilan Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan.

He said there was no reason for compensation even if they have been living on the land for decades.

“If the state government needs the land for a specific reason, the TOL holders must be relocated. Why must the state government pay them compensation when the land is owned by the state?” he said in reply to a question from Ng Chin Tsai (DAP-Temiang), who asked about the plight of TOL holders in Bukit Jong.

Mohamad, however, said the state government would give ex-gratia payments to TOL holders so that they would not face difficulties when relocating.

“In fact, we give them enough money to enable them to rent a better place for two years. I think that is more than fair,” he said, citing as example the payment given to some 80 families from Kg Abok in Rahang, near here, to relocate to make way for the construction of the Seremban Outer Ring Road.

He said 150 townhouses were built in the area and the previous residents were given priority to move in.