KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 1 — Jalan Sultan traders, who risk losing property to the Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit (KVMRT), have slammed the public transport regulator for going back on its promise to leave their buildings intact.
Spokesman Judy Tan said the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) should not have reneged on its promise to allow landowners to return to their buildings once construction of the planned station and tunnel under Jalan Sultan is finished.

File photo of Chinatown traders and shop owners protesting last month against the proposed acquisition of their property for the MRT project.
“From what I understand, SPAD has no right to imply that the affected owners in Chinatown will stand to lose their properties,” she told
The Malaysian Insider via e-mail. “This should be said directly to our Jalan Petaling/Jalan Sultan committee at the recent closed-door dialogue with SPAD and not 24 hours later at another unrelated event.”
SPAD had reportedly told traders, whose land would be acquired, they could hold on to their property at a closed-door meeting on August 23 brokered by MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek.
The commission had earlier insisted it would have to demolish buildings within the corridor of the station and tunnel prior to construction to ensure public safety given their age and uncertain soil conditions.