The discount was given because business property owners are unable to rent out their properties as their buildings have been vandalised over the years.

MDHS president Tukiman Nail said the council understood the situation of the property owners.

“These owners have to service their bank loans but they have no revenue from rent. Today, we had a second meeting with them at our office to find a solution to this problem.

Hear us out: Sung (right) with some business property owners during the meeting

“It is estimated there are about 2,000 business property owners in the area are facing the problem,” said Tukiman, during the meeting with Kumpulan Bukit Sentosa 2 & 3 Property Owners pro tem committee at his office on Thursday.

Committee chairman Androo Sung said property owners were attracted by the developer’s claim that the township would mature into another Petaling Jaya. “But now it has turned into a ghost town,” he said.

“People were lured to buy properties here as the advertisement showed that this township would have good infrastructure, interchanges, hypermarkets, office, shopping and business complexes, university and education hub.

“Now, all the property owners can do is to watch their dream houses, shops, offices and factories turn into ruins as they are vandalised by thieves who steal railings, copper materials and any other metal items.

“We just want this place to be revived to what it was originally intended to be and MDHS as well as the state government could help make this happen,’’ said Sung.