Fomca: Court ruling a lesson for car park operators

PETALING JAYA: The decision of the court to hold car park operators liable for items stolen from vehicles in lots under their care will force them to provide better security, said Fomca secretary-general Muhammad Sha’ani Abdullah.

“The signages ‘park at your own risk’ does not work as a legal effect. The car park operator is responsible for the cars parked in its area but this case has tested the legal opinion.

“Consumers must fight and cannot take statements (from operators) as the law,” he said when contacted yesterday.

Muhammad Sha’ani was commenting on the Penang magistrate court’s decision on Friday ordering a car park operator to pay a lawyer for items stolen from his car at an open air car park near Komtar two years ago.

Muhammad Sha’ani added that the court’s decision would help to educate car park operators and push them to be more responsible to customers.

He said the issue had also been brought up in Britain and the court there also found the car park operator to be liable for vehicles parked in its area. The Star

Baby Kidnapped!

KUALA LUMPUR: A 1-year-old boy has gone missing from his home and his family suspects that he has fallen into the hands of a human trafficking syndicate.
The toddler, Kee Hao Kit, was believed to have been abducted by a worker in his father's coconut plantation in Sungai Air Tawar, Sabak Bernam, Selangor, 12 days ago.

To date, his family has not received any ransom demand for his release.

Hao Kit's parents, Kee Bak Siang and Tan Lay Khiaw, are worried that their only child may have been smuggled out of the country. NST