The owner of the land on which the 135-year-old Sri Maha Mariamman temple in Bandar Puchong Jaya sits, has agreed to surrender the land to the state government, thus precluding the possibility of the temple being demolished for a future project.
Speaking to devotees at the temple this afternoon, assemblywoman Teresa Kok said the landowner, IOI Holdings, decided to give up the 3600 sq ft after prolonged negotiations with the state government.
She said that IOI has undertaken (surat akur janji) to handover the land the state government: "As soon as the state government receives the land, we will gazette it as temple land," she said.
"This is a Deepavali gift to the temple committee," she said to applause.
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Camera/Editing: Tan Jiun Wuu