Theng Book offers to mediate
Selangor MCA Public Services and Complaints Department chief Datuk Theng Book has offered to mediate in the controversy involving a lawyer who is alleged to have assaulted a housebuyer.
He, however, urged lawyer Tan Hui Chuan to apologise to Neo Kian Hua within a week.
"Failing which, Neo can take the necessary action if he wants to,'' Theng Book told a press conference at the Selangor MCA office here yesterday in the presence of Neo.
The alleged assault happened on June 19 after Tan summoned Neo to the house he had purchased to sign some documents.
A video clip showing an enraged Tan pushing and kicking Neo posted on YouTube went viral.
Tan, who was a Selayang municipal councillor until recently, had clarified that Neo had uttered "hurtful and disrespectful words" and that he had acted after being provoked.
The lawyer also claimed that he had merely asked Neo to sign to acknowledge the receipt of several documents that had been tendered to the bank.
Neo, a 32-year-old IT consultant, said yesterday that he had never met Tan prior to the incident as he had only dealt with his assistant.
"I also felt strange as to why he was calling for a meeting at the house and not his office,'' said Neo, who added that he decided to get his girlfriend who accompanied him to the meeting to record it.
Neo claimed that Tan lost his cool after he (Neo) began reading through the documents before signing them.
"As I continued to read the documents, Tan grabbed them from me and told me to go to his office to do the signing,'' he further claimed.
Theng Book advised all housebuyers and vendors to appoint their own lawyers to protect their interests.
"Banks should not recommend lawyers to vendors and buyers,'' he said.
- The Star -
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