realpolitikasia: Maps of Kuala Lumpur from the 1895, 1914 suggest that Sultan Of Selangor's holdings of real estate in and around Kuala Lumpur could be very extensive even if fragmented , but still worth very many billions

by Ganesh Sahathevan

DBKL and Jakel may well be dealing illegally with property that belongs to the Sultan Of Selangor

There are likely to be very many parcels of land strewn throughout the Federal Territory, and in the Kuala Lumpur business districts that were never registered, or that are being used as places of worship, nature reserves and the like that have existed as such well before the Federal Territory was formed, or perhaps, like the Dewi Pathra Kaliamman Temple, well before independence in 1957. The Sultan Of Selangor is likely to be still the owner of those lands, thus preventing their sale or assignment to anyone for whatever purpose.

In that regard the maps below from 1914 and 1895, which provide some evidence of the extent of unregistered land in and around Kuala Lumpur, suggest that the Sultan of Selangor's holdings of real property could be well be worth billions, even if fragmented.

Readers are reminded that title to land in Kuala Lumpur (and the rest of the then FMS) is by registration, and the matter of the Dewi Pathra Kaliamman saga illustrates that the issue of who precisely holds title is not as straightforward as many assume.