CJs Prevent Residents’ Eviction

May 152010

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After nearly a 40-year wait, the 236 families living in the slum of Rumah Hijau in Mak Mandin, Penang, were offered low-cost flats three kilometers away. Some 170 families accepted, but many refused and asked the state government to build the low cost flats at the present location. To these residents, moving to the Ampang Jajar would be a costly burden. This video, produced by three CJs working together, highlighted the impact on the community and the state government ended up reversing their earlier decision to evict the remaining residents of Rumah Hijau.