KUALA LUMPUR, March 21 -- One morning in June 2016, Taman Tun Dr Ismail (TTDI) residents on their usual walk through the Taman Rimba Kiara (TRK) spotted a notice board announcing the construction of several blocks of luxury condominiums.

It shocked everyone in the neighbourhood that this mega project will take up 12 acres of the 25-acre park.

So they rallied together, protested and took the authorities and private developer to court.

After a lengthy battle - including an appeal by the authorities in 2021 against the court's judgement in favour of the residents - they finally won in 2023.

But some may ask, so what if the development project took up so much park land, why did the residents take the authorities and the developer to court...