Tuesday May 29, 2007

Food court operator sues Rela

SEREMBAN: A food court operator has filed a suit against Rela for alleged abuse of power and corruption.

Chen Yau Choy, 57, claimed that Rela officer Mohamad Yusof entered his Cahaya Food Court in Ampang, here, and displayed his firearm without any reason, scaring away customers.

He named Mohamad, the Rela director-general, the Selangor Rela director, the Hulu Langat district Rela chief and the Government as defendants in the suit filed through his lawyer Haresh Mahadevan at the Bangi Sessions Court last week.

He is seeking damages from the defendants as well as a public apology from Mohamad.

In his statement of claim, Chen said Mohamad led a group of Rela personnel to the food court at 12.30am on Feb 16 last year and took four of his workers into custody.

He claimed that one of the Rela members asked Chen to go to the Rela office in Ampang where they sought and obtained RM2,000 as an inducement to release the detained workers.

However, a few hours later, Chen was asked to return to the Rela office in Hulu Langat where they demanded and obtained another RM2,000.

In his statement of claim, Chen said one of his partners sought the assistance of a state assemblyman and lodged a police report the following day.

Two days later, Mohamad came with a team of Rela officers to the food court at 9pm to detain Chen but was unsuccessful as Chen called the police.

A few hours later, Mohamad returned with his team and detained and handcuffed Chen.

Chen said he was detained in a police lock-up at the Ampang police station for 11 hours.

He claimed his detention was a violation of his freedom and was illegal.

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