1B power disconnected, reconnected
Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd yesterday disconnected and reconnected power supply to 1Borneo Hypermall, the largest mall in Sabah, a er RM700,000 of over RM9.3 million in outstanding bills was paid.
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd (SESB) has disconnected power supply to 1Borneo Hypermall, the largest mall in Sabah, due to its failure to settle over RM9.3 million in outstanding bills, yesterday.
The power disconnection was made at around 8am on June 27, but it was learnt that SESB only cut off the mall’s air-conditioning source and left the lights on.
According to an SESB source, the power supply to the airconditioning system was cut off before the mall opened for business yesterday.
SESB however left the lights on for the sake of the shop tenants and employees, said the source, adding that the air-conditioning system would only be reconnected if the 1Borneo Hypermall management settled a minimum fee of less than RM1 million, which had been agreed upon before this.
Meanwhile, a few sources confirmed that power supply to the hypermall was reconnected around noon after payment of RM700,000 was made by the 1Borneo Hypermall management yesterday.
“The payment was based on the current bill, so there is still an outstanding of about RM8.6 million left,” said the source.