{
  "id": 3658504,
  "title": "Rayuan ditolak, keluarga di Rawang gagal pertahan banglo warisan 106 tahun",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/rayuan-ditolak-keluarga-di-rawang-gagal-pertahan-banglo-warisan-106-3658504",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T03:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2026/08/27/rayuan-ditolak-keluarga-di-rawang-gagal-pertahan-banglo-warisan-106-tahun"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A 106-year-old ancestral house in Rawang, Malaysia, built by Berjuntai Tin Dredging Bhd in 1920, has been demolished despite the prolonged efforts of its owner, Maljindar Singh Sidhu Brar. The Mahkamah Rayuan (Federal Court of Appeal) recently rejected his final appeal to save the home, which has been in the family for 65 years. Jimmy, known as Maljindar, stated that the court ruled he had no claim over the property. The family has now emptied the Sino-Melayu-Palladian house, but is unsure when it will be demolished. The woman expressed her grief that she had only six days to clear the house, preventing her from saving any part of it. She added that if given the chance, she would take every beam, piece of wood, feeling it was the saddest part of her loss. She spent nearly RM1 million on home maintenance. Previously, it was reported that the house was built in 1920 by Berjuntai Tin Dredging Bhd, which at the time held a monopoly license for the area. In 1959, the company sold the house to Jimmy's employee, Pologa Nathan, who then sold it to Maljindar's mother, Gurtha Kaur. According to previous reports, the family had been applying for the land since 1967, but received no response from the Kuala Kubu Bharu Land Office, which was later renamed Gombak Land Office. Maljindar said that Gurtha transferred her interest in the house to the family in 1989 through a deed of conveyance. However, she noted that the monopoly license for the land had already been given to two metalworkers. The family made seven applications for the land, but each time was informed that the area was covered by monopoly licenses, and they would need to reapply after the license expired. Maljindar, who runs a transportation business, learned that the license would expire at the end of 2025, but in early 2025, the family found out that the license had been extended for another 20 years until the end of 2045.",
  "summary": "Maljindar Singh Sidhu Brar dan keluarganya terpaksa mengosongkan rumah itu selepas Mahkamah Rayuan memutuskan mereka tidak ada hak ke atas hartanah terbabit.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Rayuan ditolak, keluarga di Rawang gagal pertahan banglo warisan 106 tahun",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/rayuan-ditolak-keluarga-di-rawang-gagal-pertahan-banglo-warisan-106",
        "published": "2026-08-27T03:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}