Hannah Yeoh says MACC report on shrinking KL retention ponds lodged in 2021

Hannah Yeoh says MACC report on shrinking KL retention ponds lodged in 2021



Transport Minister Anthony Loke and Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Federal Territories) Hannah Yeoh attended the launch of the Segambut Utara Railways Station in Kuala Lumpur today. — Picture by Yusof Isa

Friday, 15 May 2026 12:05 PM MYT


KUALA LUMPUR, May 15 — Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Hannah Yeoh today revealed that a report over Kuala Lumpur’s shrinking flood retention ponds had already been lodged with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in 2021.

She said the complaint was filed after the massive floods that hit the capital that year, and that she is still waiting for the outcome of investigations.

“Actually, even before becoming the government, we had already lodged a report with the MACC,” Yeoh told reporters after officiating the privately funded Segambut Utara KTM station here when asked if she would push authorities to investigate the matter.

“The report was made back in 2021 when the massive floods hit Kuala Lumpur. So of course, I also want to know the outcome of the investigation into that issue,” she added.


Three days ago, Yeoh ordered a halt to all development approvals involving land surrounding the Jinjang and Batu flood retention ponds after revealing the sites had shrunk to just 30 per cent of their original size.

She also disclosed that 17 lots of retention pond land had been “alienated” to developers, with one parcel already developed.

A technical assessment by Kuala Lumpur’s Department of Irrigation and Drainage found that the completed development had become a serious obstruction to maintenance and servicing works at the retention ponds.


Kuala Lumpur City Hall has since frozen all development applications involving the remaining plots, with future approvals subject to strict requirements imposed by the Department of Irrigation and Drainage.

Asked why the land had been transferred to developers and whether the move was legal, Yeoh said the approvals were made by the Cabinet at the time.

Former Federal Territories minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Mansor has denied knowledge of the land transfers.