I am a tenant (of a residential property, not shop) who is currently behind on his payment    Let me tell you, Malaysian law favours tenants.

You need to talk to your tenant respectfully and tactfully. "Tough guy" approaches usually don't work. If my landlord breaks any law trying to evict me, heck ... I'll sue for damages.

I know of a guy who has been walking up and down the courts for seven months to get a court order to evict a  tenant and still have not so done yet.

Since this is an investment subsection, some ppl might think it's easy to get rich tru property investment. Let me tell u, it's not that easy (this last 2 sentences are not directed at you, TS)