PETALING JAYA, June 30 — In a long battle to gazette a piece of a land for the Taoist Lung Mu (Mother of Dragon) Temple, the Federation of Kwong Siew Association of Malaysia demanded today for the country's anti-graft body to step in, even as a developer threatened to encroach into its land.

A month ago, the association which brought the first Lung Mu Temple outside of China to Damansara Perdana here received a letter from the Malaysian Highway Authority with an enclosed plan of the "Sky Garden" project by developer Tetuan Cosmopolitan Avenue Sdn Bhd, which showed the temple grounds were half of what was previously approved and repositioned.

"Since the district office ignored the instructions from the Mentri Besar, I think MACC should step in," President Ho Sai Chong told a news conference here.

"Pay a visit to the DO Petaling and ask them why," he added.

Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim had in 2012 sent letters on three occasions to the land and district office to gazette the land, but no action has been taken since then, Ho said.

He also said the previous state government under the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition had approved the piece of land measuring 30,492 square feet, or 0.7 acres, to be allotted to the Lung Mu Temple, in 2008.

In 2010, a temporary shrine was constructed on the land, which still stands today.

The association already has a building plan for the temple, which is set to be three storeys, with a basement carpark but said they could not proceed as there is no document of the land gazettement.

Ho said association representatives had met with Pakatan Rakyat lawmakers -- DAP’s Teresa Kok and PKR’s Chua Tian Chang -- in 2011, and asked the devotees to relocate the temple.

He added that representatives from the developer, land office and the PJ City Council were also present.

"The developer wants us to move to next to the quarry but we want to stay put," Lung Mu temple and association adviser, Datuk Dr Wong Sai Hou said.

Ho also said that the association had spent about RM300,000 to clear and beautify the area, which was previously a secondary jungle and swamp land.

Ho said he has since replied to LLM with objections to the proposed development, in response to the federal highway authority’s letter last month, even though the plan was not signed by the relevant authorities or approved.