THE Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) today failed in its appeal at the Federal Court to have the proposed Taman Rimba Kiara project in Taman Tun Dr Ismail reinstated.

The apex court upheld a ruling by the Court of Appeal, which quashed the development order on April 27, 2021.

DBKL, Yayasan Wilayah Persekutuan and the developer, Memang Perkasa Sdn Bhd, had previously sought for the development order to be reinstated.

This morning, the Federal Court panel, comprising Chief Judge of Malaya Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah, as well as judges Nallini Pathmanathan and Rhodzariah Bujang, confirmed with finality the 2017 Taman Rimba Kiara development order is quashed and cancelled.

The decision was made during Zoom proceedings with all parties involved. 

DBKL had approved the joint venture in 2014, when Barisan Nasional’s Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor was the federal territories minister.

Residents previously said the project would destroy 10ha of the last few remaining green lungs in Kuala Lumpur.

Under the Pakatan Harapan administration, the then federal territories minister Khalid Samad had negotiated for a scaled-down project comprising four blocks of service apartments and 204 affordable housing units, which the Save Taman Rimba group also rejected. – April 18, 2023.