KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 26): Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) on Monday refuted rumours circulating on social media that Jalan Yap Ah Loy here had been renamed to Jalan Palestin.

“There is no such move. Jalan Yap Ah Loy remains the same,” said a DBKL official when contacted on Monday.

The official clarified that it was Jalan Raja Laut 1 that was renamed to Jalan Palestin in 2020 under the directive of then federal territories minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa during the previous administration.

The issue surfaced after a fake post on the matter went viral on social media.

DBKL, in a Facebook post on Sept 26, 2020, announced the rename of Jalan Raja Laut 1 to Jalan Palestin, which only involved a stretch of 80 metres and not the entire Jalan Raja Laut.

Jalan Raja Laut starts from the juncture of Jalan Tun Perak until the juncture of Jalan Ipoh/Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman (Chow Kit), while Jalan Raja Laut 1 (Jalan Palestin) starts from the side of the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) building until Jalan Esfahan (next to the SOGO shopping mall).

Former Kuala Lumpur mayor Datuk Seri Nor Hisham Ahmad Dahlan, who served from October 2018 to September 2020, also expressed his disappointment with the fake news, which had triggered unnecessary disputes on social media.

"Jalan Raja Laut 1 was renamed in 2020 to show solidarity with Palestine, and it still exists,” he told Bernama when contacted, adding that such fake news should not be sensationalised and manipulated by any party.

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