Signed, sealed, de-livid: The notices informing Chua of the council’s locking out his premises over his unpaid arrears.
GEORGE TOWN: A salesman is furious that his apartment was padlocked by the Penang Island City Council (MBPP) because he failed to pay two years of assessment arrears amounting to RM468.86.
A council official, however, defended the action, saying that MBPP was empowered to do so under the Local Government Act 1976 if a ratepayer failed to pay a year’s assessment.
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