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.
PETALING JAYA: 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.
Group well-connected
George said he was informed by the Shah Alam police recently that someone had lodged a report against him and asked him to present himself for questioning.
“Imagine how I felt when I got to know that it was the men who had lodged the report against me. They even had the gall to accuse me of threatening to shoot them when I don’t even own a gun, or for that matter, even a permit to carry a gun.
“It was they who threatened me and the pressmen who were present can verify it,” said George, who lodged his own report against the men yesterday.
Currently out on police bail, George urged the federal government to intervene as he was concerned over the safety of his family.
“The group seems to be well-connected and well-financed because they are carrying out their activities in the open.
“I will meet Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein, the Inspector-General of Police Ismail Omar and the director of Criminal Investigations Bakri Zinin over this matter.”
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