Proposed travel ban on errant developers’ relatives ‘ridiculous’, says association

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A house buyers’ association says minister Nga Kor Ming’s reasoning is no different from a loan shark going after a defaulter’s innocent family members.   Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/10/30/proposed-travel-ban-on-errant-developers-relatives-ridiculous-says-association/   Laporan Lanjut:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2024/10/30/tak-munasabah-sekat-keluarga-pemaju-projek-terbengkalai-ke-luar-negara-kata-persatuan/   Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com  Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5  Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM  Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h  Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp  Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX  Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb  Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj  Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Download FMT News App:  Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46  App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ  Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP   #FMTNews #NgaKorMing #RajeshNagarajan

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00:00The National Housebuyers Association has criticized Housing Minister Ngakor Ming's proposal to

00:07impose a travel ban on family members of developers involved in abandoned housing projects, calling

00:13it an overreach and ridiculous.

00:15HBA's Honorary Secretary General Chang Kim-lung said the association supports measures against

00:21developers who violate the Housing Development Control and Licensing Act 1966, but disagrees

00:27with penalizing innocent family members.

00:30Chang likened the proposal to loan sharks targeting the family members of a debtor,

00:34arguing it unfairly punishes those who have committed no crime.

00:38Lawyers Rajesh Nagarajan and former Malaysian Bar President Salim Bashir also opposed the

00:43proposal, with Rajesh citing Article 5 Sub 1 of the federal constitution which protects

00:48individual liberty.

00:50Rajesh questioned whether the restriction would extend to the developers' extended

00:54family, while Salim argued that family members should not be held liable unless they directly

00:58contributed to the wrongdoing.

01:01Last week, Ngak announced that his ministry intends to amend the Housing Development Act

01:05to tighten regulations on developers, including a travel ban for developers of abandoned projects

01:11and potentially their families.

01:14Danish Rajareza, FMT News.

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