Weak enforcement a mockery of our laws

I REFER to the letter “BnB is disturbing peace in neighbourhood” ( The Star, Dec 19).

According to the writer, Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) had requested the operator of a bed-and-breakfast (BnB) in his neighbourhood stop its activities as this is not allowed in a residential area.

But the operator had ignored the requests from MBPJ and continued its operations unabated.

Several years ago, I bought a house from a developer and the delivery of the house was delayed for about two years.

The developer only agreed to compensate me 40% of the rightful amount. After several visits to them, I accepted the lower amount.

The owner of the neighbouring unit refused to accept the lower amount as settlement and took the developer to the Housing Tribunal.

He was awarded the full amount but he did not receive a single sen. After two years, the developer closed shop and he could not do anything about it.

There have been many cases of bad paymaster tenants who refused to move out after their advanced and deposit payments were exhausted. This caused the owners great frustration as they were not able to evict the tenants.

Poor enforcement has led to a loss of millions in unpaid traffic and local council summonses.

Many shop owners illegally block parking lots in front off their shops with objects to prevent motorists from parking there. They continue to flout the regulations in spite of warnings from the authorities.

We have the necessary laws to ensure order in our country but poor enforcement makes a mockery of it.

We hope that measures will be taken to ensure that all decisions from the government authorities will be respected and enforced accordingly.

THOMAS FOO Subang Jaya, Selangor