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PETALING JAYA: A law firm, which has previously appeared on behalf of One City Development Sdn Bhd in obtaining a consent order regarding the status of Seafield Sri Maha Mariamman Temple, said today that it he no longer represented the company.
In a statement, MM. Thomas Philip said that the developer had since unloaded their mandate.
"We were lawyers on the record of One City Development Sdn Bhd regarding the civil proceedings before the Shah Alam High Court, which was resolved through the consent order of March 11, 2014. ", did he declare.
On December 30, 2015, One City Development Sdn Bhd asked a new law firm to take over all the issues arising from the order.
The clarification came from the announcement made today by Interior Minister Muhyiddin Yassin that the police had discovered that a lawyer from One City Development, who was to take back his land as a result of the order, had paid 150,000 RM to guards to "take control" of the situation at the temple on Monday.
Describing the move as "an act of illegal and irresponsible intrusion," he said it had provoked Hindus in the region, leading to chaos and the destruction of property.
Today, however, a city has issued a statement denying its links with troublemakers.
On Monday, a group was introduced into the temple, causing violence during which several people were injured. The temple was also damaged and several vehicles burned.
Early Tuesday morning, a demonstration to oppose relocation of the temple took an unruly turn when the crowd burned several vehicles. The real estate developer's office was also vandalized.
This morning, a group of rowdy young people gathered in front of the temple despite the heavy police presence. The police arrested several of them while they refused to disperse.
The temple is supposed to be moved as part of a win-win solution involving the One City Promoter, the Selangor State Government and two claimants to the temple leadership, K Chellappa and M Nagaraju.
Chellappa and Nagaraju, involved in a separate action under the control of the temple leadership, agreed to return the land to One City after agreeing to donate RM 1.5 million for the construction of a new temple on one of the two fields. given to the temple by a city.
Chellappa has since been designated as the legitimate head of the temple, but Nagaraju refuses to comply with the 2014 High Court decision by consent.
Of the 21 people arrested by police for participating in the incident investigations, two lawyers representing the sponsor.
At the same time, the Malaysian Bar has declared that it condemns any lawyer involved in illegal actions, which would constitute flagrant professional misconduct and a serious breach of professional ethics.
"If there is evidence of malpractice, the Bar Council will immediately file a complaint with the Disciplinary Board of Attorneys and Attorneys and will pursue the complaint as far as possible", said President George Varughese in a statement.
He added that the council was ready to help the authorities to carry out an investigation.
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