Selangor Menteri Besar Mohamed Azmin Ali has spoken out on yesterday’s incident at the Datum Jelatek condominium construction site in Taman Keramat. – The Malaysian Insider pic by Seth Akmal, January 26, 2015.Selangor Menteri Besar Mohamed Azmin Ali today questioned whether the rowdy protesters, who broke into the Datum Jelatek condominium construction site in Taman Keramat yesterday, were actual residents of the area."Who are they? Are you sure? Are you sure they are locals? Besides Salleh (Samad, chairman of the Datum Jelatek Action Committee), who else was there?" he asked reporters in Shah Alam.Some 100 Malays yesterday marched to the construction site of the luxury condominium and began tearing down the zinc barrier surrounding it, amid fears that the project would turn the area into a “Chinese district".Members of the Selangor chapter of Perkasa, as well as the Datum Jelatek Action Committee (BBDJ) were seen among the crowd.However, police managed to bring the situation under control and the crowd soon dispersed. Two police trucks were seen at the site.BBDJ chairman Salleh Ahmad said the demonstration had been organised to warn Azmin to stop the condominium project, saying that it would open the floodgates to other races entering the Malay-majority area."I challenged him (Azmin) to come down and meet me, but he didn't turn up. If he had, I would have thrown him into the drain," said Salleh."I challenge him to stop this project," he said.Azmin today said he was not averse towards meeting the residents and assured that he was willing to hear out residents' objections over the project.He said the state was duty bound to ensure any project or development would not create racial tension.He also denied that there were racial elements in the project as claimed by participants of the protest."We allow residents or citizens to send their objections in any development and we will investigate."PKNS will produce a detailed report to prove the contrary, that an important development must not involve race," he said.Azmin said that despite the existence of Bumiputera quota, it must not be used as a sentiment that could hinder development in Selangor.He said there will be a town hall meeting between residents and state agencies to resolve the issue.Last November, Salleh and Keramat residents held a peaceful protest at the Selangor state secretariat building in Shah Alam, urging the project to be stopped.Salleh had reportedly warned of possible "bloodshed" if Selangor proceeded with the project, saying it was a threat to the Malays.The developer, DatumCorp, had previously said 1,097 Bumiputeras had registered for the condomonium, far exceededing the 674 units available.The condominium is to be built on the former site of four blocks of PKNS flats owned mostly by Malays, which were demolished in late 2010. – January 26, 2015.
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