Luqman's musings

The Golf Garden Playground was closed from July until mid-October and has only been open for about 10 days. The condition of the rubber safety tiles (the red and green interlocking mats) is already poor. Large sections are severely buckled, lifted, and uneven, creating clear ridges and trip hazards. A child running, jumping, or even walking across the surface could easily trip and fall.

  For educational purposes. This is an interesting find. In Sabah, Malaysia (under the Rules of Court 2012 and related laws), a subpoena can generally be issued against almost anyone within Malaysia who has relevant evidence or documents that can assist the court. This applies to civil proceedings in the High Court and Subordinate Courts; the Rules of Court 2012 apply in Sabah. Who can be subpoenaed

 This post is for educational purposes.                                                      Click on the image for a better view.  For new readers of this blog: my son Faisal is the rightful owner of Unit S9 at Vistana Heights, Ira Manis. After more than five years of repeated, formal demands for accountability directed at the developer, the engineer, the architect and every relevant authority — including DBKK , LPPB , the Sabah State Integrity and Governance Division, and the Ministry of Housing — he has been left with no choice but to commence legal action against those responsible for the scheme.

                                            2018 Development Plan with drainage reserve intact   2018 Development Plan still shows a 9-foot drainage reserve that collapsed before 2007. Unit A9   Platform height: 106.26 ft. Road height: 102.00 ft. Difference: 4.26 feet. Original approved difference: 1 foot.  

                                                    Click on the image for a better view  The above is the original 1995 Development Plan extended to me by Puan Tantinny Fung of   DBKK .   The above is a screen shot of part of the Development Plan. This shows the height of the house platform of house S9 at 101feet. The height of the road opposite S9 is 100 feet. This gives a height difference of 1 foot between the house platform and the height of the road.  You can see the drainage reserve indicated. Below the drainage reserve are the two blue lines marking the boundary. This is where the retaining wall was to be built.   Sometime after 1995 most of the drainage reserve collapsed due to soil slip . In other words the drainage reserve that existed in 1995 was non existent by 2007. This drainage reserve was  still s...

                                                    A picture paints a thousand words   The following is my email to LAM and PAM. from:      Luqman Michel <luqmanmichel@gmail.com> to:               nursanti@lam.gov.my,     pamsabah@gmail.com date:      Oct 23, 2026, 10:33 AM subject: Luqman Michel and LYS Sdn.Bhd mailed-by:           gmail.com Dear Sir / Madam, I refer to my previous emails regarding this matter, which remain unresolved. The dispute is now before the court. Both the developer and the architect maintain that the development plans (DPs) and as-built survey plans are not fabricated. One clear example among several is as follows. The DPs dated 1995, 2007...