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The state government of Selangor has always had discussions with the temple and developer working group, One City Development Sdn Bhd (One City), he said.
Charles recounted that Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Azmin Ali, a former deputy of Selangor, had charged him, and then the deputy of Subang R.Sivarasa, to meet with the temple working group since then. last year to find a solution to the problem of resettlement.
"We even had meetings as late as last week here in the Parliament cafeteria.We talked and conveyed the message to the current Mentri Besar (Amirudin Shari).
"We looked at the judgment by consent and also tried to talk to the developer to come up with a solution," Charles said at a press conference in Parliament yesterday (28 November).
He said the "Mid Valley solution" had been advanced, that the temple could coexist with the proposed commercial complex.
It would look like the Sri Maha Sakthi Mohambigai Temple in Amman located at the center of the Megamall of Mid Valley City in Kuala Lumpur.
"It was a possible solution, the temple coexisting with commercial development, and it worked well in the case of Mid Valley.
"We proposed the idea to One City as a way to go forward, but every time we talked about it, One City said that it had gotten the agreement from the court on his consent and asked us to talk to his lawyers, "said Charles.
On March 11, 2014, in a registered consent judgment in the Shah Alam High Court,
all parties, including the temple committee, landowner One City, the Selangor State Government as well as the opposing committee led by Mr. Nagaraju, advocate moving the temple to its new site, at 23 km to the USJ the current temple.
However, Nagaraju and his committee changed later, citing various reasons, and asked that the temple be preserved as a heritage site.
Charles said the developer was open to discussions before Ayala Corporation, based in the Philippines, picked it up earlier this year.
"Before, when the company was under Malaysian control, we were talking.
"But once Ayala Corporation took over, there was no more discussion, they simply referred us to their legal department (for consent judgment).
"What we were trying to propose was a solution where the winner does not take everything and coexists (with the temple).
"I think even though it's not a Malaysian company, they do not understand the sensitivity of the problem.
"They always come back to the consent judgment, you have to follow it (they said) but it's very problematic," he said.
Charles said companies and businesses should take into account local sensitivities and that this should be part of their business plans.
The temple, he said, is historically important as a place of recognition for the contribution of Indian plantation workers in the area, who have built temples in the area.
Charles said that there were at least five huge plantations in the Seafield area (which later became USJ Subang Jaya) with about 15 to 16 temples, but they were all demolished or relocated.
"Nothing recognized the Indian workers who worked there, which is why the temple has become historically important.
"A Malaysian developer would understand, but a foreign developer does not understand the dynamics," he said.
After the temple was attacked by a group of thugs early Monday morning, a riot took place as people rushed to defend the temple. Several people were injured and vehicles burned.
More than 20 people were arrested in connection with the riot.
Interior Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said today (November 28) that the developer's lawyers had hired Malay thugs who led to the riots.
One City Development denied the allegation.
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