‘Police treated me like a common criminal’
Consumer advocate Jacob George was also humiliated when he was put on an identification parade after a group of sand-stealing thugs lodge a police report against him.
(Free Malaysia Today) – Consumers Association of Subang and Shah Alam (CASSA) president Jacob George said he was treated like a common criminal by the Shah Alam police yesterday.
And to add to his humiliation, he was also put on an identification parade after a group of men involved in sand theft lodged a report against him claiming he had threatened to shoot them.
Acting on public complaints about a syndicate trespassing on private land and dumping construction waste, George said he checked it out only to be threatened by three men.
“They threatened to harm my family. One who claimed to be a former Simpang Renggam detainee said he had a gun and that he could deal with anyone who opposed them.
“They even said they knew where my children are studying and also where my wife works,” said George.
“For the past eight months residents from TTDI Jaya in Shah Alam complained about lorries causing damage to the roads by dumping earth near the Monfort Boys Home.
“Our investigations revealed that it was a well-organised group collecting earth from construction sites and trespassing on private lands to dump the soil,” George said.
He added that he highlighted the matter to the press and also to the landowner, the TTDI Group of Companies.
“The company lodged two police reports over the matter and wrote letters to various local councils but no action had been taken against the perpetrators,” he said.
