Protest over 100pc rent hike

NST | SHAH ALAM: Some 60 residents of Lembah Subang and Kota Damansara council homes demonstrated peacefully at the state secretariat building here yesterday to protest against the more than 100 per cent hike in their rents. They rose from RM124 to RM250 a month.
Chairman of the action committee Johari Nander said most of the residents were former squatters, single mothers, senior citizens and the disabled and many could not even afford the old rate.

The Kota Damansara residents started paying RM250 a month from May while those in Lembah Subang from July.

"There was no supervision and we feel neglected. We did not hear anything from the government and the next thing we knew, we were asked to pay RM250," said Johari.
He said they were also asked to pay an extra RM800 as a deposit on Oct 20, even though they had paid more than RM500 when they moved in years ago.