Court allows legal action by 122 house buyers against developer

The Kuala Lumpur High Court today allowed the legal action taken by 122 house buyers at a development in Cyberjaya against the construction company, Wawasan Rajawali Sdn Bhd.

Lawyer V Rajadevan, representing the buyers, said judge Akhtar Tahir allowed the suit after agreeing with their contention that Wawasan Rajawali as the defendant had misrepresented the project in its brochures as a mixed development comprising residences, a hotel, shopping mall and central park, described as "Your World In One Place" as it was not delivered to the buyers.
 
The lawyer said Wawasan Rajawali, a wholly-owned subsidiary of OSK Property Holdings Sdn Bhd, was ordered to pay RM50,000 to each house buyer for the misrepresentation. 

"The judge also ordered damages for late delivery amounting to RM1,351,797 for the affected house buyers. Aggravated damages of RM2 million were also awarded to the house buyers. 

"Wawasan Rajawali was also ordered to rectify the defects in the affected properties within three months from today," Rajadevan said when contacted.

Today's decisions were delivered during online proceedings after a full trial which saw the testimony of four plaintiff witnesses and four defence witnesses.
 
The 122 individuals, as the plaintiffs, filed the suit in May 2019, claiming Wawasan Rajawali had offered a mixed development project that included serviced apartments/condominiums in Cyberjaya through brochures distributed to them.

They said there were no hotels or commercial developments as claimed in the brochures upon the completion of their units and the handing over of their keys.

In their claim, they said the developer had not fulfilled the promises made in the brochures given to them before they bought the units.