NO promises were made to put the draft Kuala Lumpur City Plan 2020 (KLCP 2020) on public display before its gazette, said Khalid Abdul Samad.

The Federal Territories minister said he met with civil society organisation Save Kuala Lumpur several times, but never promised that he would make the plan public.

“I have to explain that they did come to the Federal Territories Office, and I met them.

“They requested that before any plan is gazetted, there should be a public display so that they can give their comments and input.

“I said I would take into consideration their request. I never made a promise,” he told reporters at the Parliament lobby today.

KLCP 2020 was gazetted on Tuesday.

Khalid, defending the move, said KLCP 2020 is different as some plans within it have been implemented.

He said only plans that have not yet been implemented should be put on display, such as those for 2040, which will be made public next year.

“For example, when we want to gazette the 2040 plan, we will display it first because it is a draft plan, where nothing has been implemented. But in this case, I took over the situation.

“I gazetted something that has taken place, because it is a 2015 plan, something from the past.”

The draft KLCP 2020 was launched in 2008 and finalised in 2012. It was not gazetted by the previous Barisan Nasional administration.

Lembah Pantai MP Fahmi Fadzil has urged the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission to investigate offences that took place in Kuala Lumpur as listed in the gazette.

He said he and other lawmakers have been told that the offences took place from 2015 till this year.

Khalid, in response, said the graft-busters are free to investigate any matter regarding the gazette. – November 1, 2018.