KOTA KINABALU: Ninety-one illegal squatter houses at Kg Selamat and Kg Suang Parai in Jalan Sulaman here were demolished in a two-day operation carried out by City Hall with the assistance of five other government agencies, namely SESB, Rela, Water Department and Police.

According to City Hall Enforcement director Abdul Mukti Muchlish, the operation was conducted on June 25 and 26 from 9am until 1pm at the back of 1Borneo Hypermall in Jalan Sulaman.

“During the operation, we found the occupants of five houses in Kg Suang Parai providing illegal water and electricity supplies to residents of Suang Parai Model Housing, while 15 other illegal squatter houses were receiving illegal water supply,” he said.

Mukti said the Water Department had cut the illegal water supply, and SESB did the same to disconnect the illegal electricity supply.

The operation, led by assistant enforcement officer Inspector Mohd Bahazan Othman, was carried out under the Building By-Law 1951, and there was no untoward incident throughout the operation,” said Mukti.