Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has come to the defence of the Residensi Suria Madani project in Taman Desa, Kuala Lumpur, calling it beneficial to the city’s underprivileged.

Anwar, who attended the project’s groundbreaking ceremony yesterday, said some residents wrote to him to complain the highrise people’s housing project might cause dirtiness and congestion.

In response to this concern, he said existing luxury housing projects developed in the area...