KUCHING: Special Assistant to MP Stampin, Michael Kong said they take note of Mayor Wee Hong Seng’s recent remarks regarding the 28 MyKiosk units at Tabuan Jaya, which have remained vacant for over six months where he claimed that MBKS had engaged with prospective traders and, after they declined, enforcement action would now follow.
Kong said the key question is why it took MBKS more than half a year merely to initiate engagement. This delay is in stark contrast to the swiftness with which enforcement is carried out in other instances, especially when DAP is involved.
Just two weeks ago, he said, ahead of DAP’s fundraising dinner at Theatre Hotel, their team had put up party flags outside the venue. By the next morning, MBKS enforcement officers removed the flags without any prior notice or attempt at engagement. This clearly reflects a double standard.
“MBKS is quick to act against DAP activities yet remains slow or silent when it comes to addressing issues that genuinely affect the public. For example, in Tabuan Tranquility, residents have repeatedly raised complaints about a house operating a bone-and-joint alignment therapy business in a residential area.
“This has caused indiscriminate parking and major inconvenience to those living nearby. Despite numerous reports, MBKS has failed to take effective action. Why has there been no engagement or enforcement in this case? As a local authority entrusted with public responsibility, MBKS must apply the law fairly and consistently, without political favouritism, ” said Kong.
He pointed out that selective enforcement undermines public confidence and erodes the integrity of governance and called on MBKS to engage the community in a timely, meaningful, and genuine manner before any enforcement action is taken, to enforce regulations fairly and transparently regardless of political affiliation, and to refrain from using enforcement as a tool for political persecution.
By Connie Chieng