There are already two town councils trying to raise service and conservancy charges citing high costs of maintenance. I think this is an excuse to raise their own salaries of the CEO and their senior managers so as to keep unique talents who are there to carry out such abuse of Singapore Citizens.
Originally Posted by Dato Jude
One of my client was a bankrupt and did not pay his Service & Conservancy charges for the period of his bankruptcy. When he was discharged, he paid promptly and sometimes in advance. What happened was that the AMK-YCK Town Council used what he paid to settle the arrears incurred during his bankruptcy. That resulted in him being a current defaultor and delinquent client.
My client is a Singapore Citizen.
I helped him to draft the letter to the Auditor-General to complain about the acts of the Town Council. The reply from the Auditor-General was the usual “cut and paste” format. No need to elaborate.
I helped him draft the letters to his MP, Inderit Singh, setting out the case in proper perspective. How can the AMK-YCK TC imposed penalty and fines on bankrupts for outstanding bills? It was clear that the arrears incurred during the period when he was a bankrupt. The Town Council’s position is that they are imposing the fines and penalty on current outstanding.
The next thing he got was a court summons under Criminal Procedure Code citing the Town Councils Act which attracted a fine of $1,000. I believed that the the Town Council chose to charge under the CPC and not the usual civil suit because they wanted others to know that they can flex their muscles if they want. The hatchet carrier is a lawyer, Jeffrey Beh from Lee Bon Leong and partners.
The MP for Kebun Baru was silent – he did not even bother to respond to the correspondence. The Town Council’s CEO, Wan Chong Hock, responded with “instructions from the Town Council’s chairman, i.e. the MP” citing the usual threats fo suit etc. and how to get the cancellation done by paying the arrears and the penalty fines. More penalities will also be added if he did not pay.
The conclusion in the CEO letter was the usual please approach for financial assistance from the relevant aid agencies …. in short, “beg for mercy!”.
The summons filed and not a civil suit is definitely an abuse of power and I hope the CPIB picks this case up.
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